Editorials

Editorial

Christian Science Treatment not Suggestion

Albert F. Gilmore

The advent in human experience of the beliefs called hypnotism or mesmerism, and other occult methods of the so-called mortal mind, claiming the power to influence and control another's mentality, has given to the word "suggestion" a meaning somewhat sinister in its nature.
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Using What We Know

Violet Ker Seymer

Lest it be inferred from Jesus' saying, "The kingdom of God is within you," that one has nothing to do but to accept this kingdom of God, good, passively, the conscientious study of the twenty-fifth chapter of Matthew, together with the study of our Leader's twenty-six references to this chapter given in the index to the Scriptural quotations in the Concordances to her works, must needs awaken one to reject this lethargic interpretation of the carnal mind.
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Christian Science Reading Rooms

Duncan Sinclair

CHRISTIAN Science Reading Rooms are established wherever there are Christian Science churches; for Article XXI, Section 1, of the Church Manual.
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Safe Literature

Albert F. Gilmore

As the student of Christian Science advances in the investigation and practice of Mrs.
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Healing, a Christian Duty

Duncan Sinclair

How simply does Matthew bear record in the eighth chapter of his Gospel of the healing works of the Master! He writes, "When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick.
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Verity

Violet Ker Seymer

Spiritual verity is mankind's ever present refuge from material falsity.
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Sound Business

Albert F. Gilmore

While the healing of disease through spiritual means has come quite generally to be recognized, it is not so commonly acknowledged that the same divine Principle is available to solve all the problems which confront mankind.
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Class Teaching

The Christian Science Board of Directors

There seems to be a growing tendency on the part of some teachers to solicit pupils for their classes, and to permit others to do so without objection or correction.
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Development

Violet Ker Seymer

Nobody will gainsay that there is room for improvement in everyone, though they may differ in their opinion as to what constitutes development and how to attain it.
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Purity of Motive

Duncan Sinclair

A great responsibility rests upon the members of the Church of Christ, Scientist.
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Christianity: Its Science and Art

Albert F. Gilmore

The linking together of the words "science" and "art," which so commonly occurs in secular literature, has its analogy in the study and practice of Christian Science.
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Steadfast Trust in God

Duncan Sinclair

"Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord," are the words of the twenty-seventh psalm; and they are very similar in meaning to many others that occur throughout the Bible.