Editorials

The Law-Abiding Citizen

Gustavus S. Paine

The orderly expression of divine Principle is spiritual law.

The books of the world are full of aphorisms about doing right, but not many of these aphorisms take it for granted that, if there is such a thing as Principle, doing right is the veriest self-preservation, and doing wrong the most practical form of suicide.

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Both the Tree and Its Fruits

Gustavus S. Paine

The great advantage of Christian Science to mankind is that it is demonstrable.

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Deception

Frederick Dixon

A half-truth is worse than a whole lie.

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The Immediate Possibility

Gustavus S. Paine

In the study of Christian Science one learns that there are actually no impossibilities.

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The Sermon on the Mount

Frederick Dixon

The Sermon on the Mount sums up the Christian religion.

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The Absolute Beginning

Gustavus S. Paine

When everything seems to have gone wrong, one can turn to Christian Science, begin at the true beginning, and find relief from the evils of mortality.

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"True humanhood'

Frederick Dixon

The object of religion is to make the world good.

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Spiritual Sense

Gustavus S. Paine

Any belief that the five physical senses are differentiated one from another by supposed human limits to their functions is a concept of hypothetical mortal mind and not the fact of being.

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Security

Frederick Dixon

When the psalmist wrote, "Be still, and know that I am God," he certainly gave to his readers a tolerably clear warning to keep politics out of religion.

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We Are All Beginners

Gustavus S. Paine

In one sense, no one has yet done more than begin to understand and demonstrate Christian Science.

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"The ditch of nonsense"

Frederick Dixon

It was once said of "the preacher" that he was the only wise man known to the world, and that his wisdom amounted to a confession of supreme ignorance.