Editorials

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"Happy New Year!"

Ella W. Hoag

It is scarcely extravagant to say that on every first day of January millions of men, women, and children voice the glad greeting of "Happy New Year!" Rarely, if ever, are these words uttered that they do not carry with them a sense of fresh hope, of courage, of joy.
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The Star of Bethlehem

Ella W. Hoag

How familiar to the thought of the world has become the star of Bethlehem! What good it stands for; what blessings it promises! How mankind has come to love the account of the wise men on their journey! And then, there were the shepherds! In all the literature of the ages, nothing has stirred the heart of both youth and adult with holier feelings than has Luke's recounting of their vision.
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The Peace of God

Duncan Sinclair

Christ Jesus was born in Bethlehem.
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Spirituality versus Materiality

Albert F. Gilmore

When a famous head master of the University School of London, no doubt in a spirit of jocularity, uttered his celebrated interrogatives and answers which, to many, have seemed so obvious as to be trite, "What is mind?
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The Mount of Revelation

Duncan Sinclair

Paul was speaking from the mount of revelation when he wrote to the Galatians: "But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
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Loyalty to God

Ella W. Hoag

If one is to express loyalty to God, he must understand something of what God is.
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Justice Kind

Albert F. Gilmore

The notion has generally prevailed among men that justice is an abstract quality, cold and inexorable, to be exercised without sympathy or compassion, without mercy or any consideration arising from the possibility of extenuating circumstances.
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Our Gardens

Ella W. Hoag

Writers, ever since the time when the book of Genesis was penned, have used gardens in simile and metaphor, and have loved to draw many lessons therefrom.
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Patience

Duncan Sinclair

In the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures".
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Alliance with Good

Albert F. Gilmore

Among much sound advice given by Joshua to the tribes of Israel, perhaps none is more cogent than that which is found in the twenty-fourth chapter of the book which bears his name.
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"Blessed are the pure in heart"

Duncan Sinclair

"Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord?
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Guest Rooms

Ella W. Hoag

What a multitude of pleasant thoughts arise when one contemplates the delight either of entertaining or of becoming a guest! What joyful anticipations are presented to one when he considers the happy companionship, the awakened friendship, the closer relationship which is certain to result from the association thus afforded when it is brought about through loving-kindness! If one is preparing for the reception of one whom he loves, he spares no effort to have all in order, and every appointment of the guest room must be as perfect as he knows how to make it.