Editorials

Editorial

Animal Magnetism Not Power

George Shaw Cook

It is said that the phase of animal magnetism which has come to be known as mesmerism was first brought into notice by a German, named Mesmer.
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Sensibility

Evelyn F. Heywood

On page 204 of "Miscellaneous Writings" Mary Baker Eddy, describing the effect of the baptism of the Holy Ghost upon human consciousness, has written, "It develops individual capacity, increases the intellectual activities, and so quickens moral sensibility that the great demands of spiritual sense are recognized, and they rebuke the material senses, holding sway over human consciousness.
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The Real Source of Help in Healing

Alfred Pittman

Christian Scientists welcome the manifestly increasing recognition among physicians of the importance of thought in relation to disease.
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"Immortality's goal"

Evelyn F. Heywood

The consciousness of his immortality was inherent in the utterances of Christ Jesus.
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Progress

George Shaw Cook

The advancement of mankind toward better conditions has often been delayed by unwillingness to adopt that which would mean progress along right lines.
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Maintaining True Vision

Alfred Pittman

Vision is recognized in Christian Science as an attribute of divine Mind, or God.
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Assurance Based Upon Understanding

George Shaw Cook

In more than one instance Christ Jesus, during his ministry, spoke with the utmost assurance when called upon for healing.
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"If any man . . . open the door"

ALFRED PITTMAN

"Behold , I stand at the door, and knock," declares the "one like unto the Son of man" in the Apocalypse; and he continues, "If any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
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"The basis of Christmas"

Evelyn F. Heywood

"On earth peace, good will toward men," was the angels' message to the shepherds keeping watch over their flock, on the night that Jesus was born.
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Sovereignty

Evelyn F. Heywood

The understanding of spiritual dominion as bestowed upon man according to the first chapter of Genesis dawns slowly upon human consciousness.
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Forewarned Is Forearmed

George Shaw Cook

Warning that an epidemic of influenza is to be expected during the present winter recently emanated from a meeting of a division of the American Public Health Association.
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"An impervious armor'

Alfred Pittman

It has been widely recognized that throughout his great Sermon on the Mount, Christ Jesus was emphasizing the primary importance of thought in human experience.