Editorials

Editorial

God's Witnesses

Duncan Sinclair

What an array there is of God's witnesses, stretching far back into the distant past! Among them are many who might be said to belong to the humbler order, while others are outstanding in their greatness.
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"Friend of the friendless"

Albert F. Gilmore

The human heart yearns for true friendship, for that intimate relationship which insures sympathetic understanding of one's innermost thoughts, of one's aspirations and longings, of one's aims and ambitions, even of one's doubts and fears.
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Gentleness

Duncan Sinclair

Gentleness is one of the finest of spiritual qualities: there is always spiritual understanding behind it, understanding of the deep things which pertain to God and to man.
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Perfection

Ella W. Hoag

From the beginning of time God has been demanding perfection of men.
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Moral Restraint

Albert F. Gilmore

Paul's unqualified declaration, "The carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to law of God, neither indeed can be," leaves us in no doubt as to the utter disagreement between the so-called carnal or mortal mind, its demands and desires, and the divine Mind, which is God.
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Servant and Service

Ella W. Hoag

The term "servant" has been so frequently misunderstood and misused that it has fallen more or less into disrepute; while it must always imply service, if service itself be properly understood, servant then comes into its rightful place of honor with all sense of meniality removed.
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Awakening to the Facts of Existence

Duncan Sinclair

With a persistence that will not be stayed, that cannot be stayed, Christian Science is calling upon mankind to awaken to the facts of existence.
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God's Gifts

Albert F. Gilmore

Mortals commonly give little heed to the source of their manifold blessings; least of all do they attribute them to God.
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Immortal Man

Duncan Sinclair

Christian Scientists are assured of the immortality of man: Christian Science has convinced them of it.
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The Infinite Giver

Ella W. Hoag

It is a familiar saying to the Christian Scientist that man always exists at the point of receptivity — of receptivity to infinite good.
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Our Fiftieth Anniversary

Albert F. Gilmore

July Fourth marked the anniversary of two great events, both of untold importance to mankind: one, the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence by the American Colonies, an event which gave to the cause of democracy a tremendous impetus; the other, the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the Christian Science denomination, having for its sacred purpose the setting free of all mankind from the mental salvery which from the beginning had characterized the experience of mortals.
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Business Meetings of Branch Churches

Ella W. Hoag

There is probably no place in all the activities of the Christian Science movement where there is a greater call for self-abnegation than in the business meetings of its branch churches.