Editorials

Editorial

The Dictates of One's Conscience

William D. McCrackan

Christian Scientists can perform a great service for the human race at this hour in following the dictates of their conscience by upholding the constitutional rights of free peoples to religious and political liberty as well as to their free choice in that which concerns the healing of the sick.
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The Veil Spread Over All Nations

Annie M. Knott

A good many Bible students have thought it somewhat surprising that so little is said in the Scriptures about what is generally called the future life.
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Things Not Expedient

William P. McKenzie

Paul had a very clear sense of his potential freedom, but realized also how Love brought him under its control.
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Symmetry

Annie M. Knott

From the Christian Science viewpoint it is of utmost importance to lift thought above the outward material manifestation of man and to lay hold upon the divine idea which is never less than perfect.
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True Patience

William D. McCrackan

In God's kingdom not one of His ideas is superfluous.
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The Mirage Disappears

William P. McKenzie

In the midst of the recent war a captain, who was a poet, wrote of the dreams of conquest, the plots and plans, ambitions and boastings, of a reigning family thus: "They are all the mirage of a dying dynasty in the desert it made for its burying place.
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Reconstruction

William D. McCrackan

Christian Science reconstructs the body, as multitudes of the healed attest daily.
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The Messiah

Annie M. Knott

In many of the large cities in the United States the well-known oratorio called "The Messiah" is given each year about Christmas time.
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Leader and Leadership

William P. McKenzie

Gamaliel, as a truly wise man, understood that any counsel or work that was of men would come to naught.
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"A Happy New Year!"

Annie M. Knott

How often do we hear the familiar greeting, "A Happy New Year!" as we cross the bridge from the old year to the new,—words usually spoken with sincerity, even if with no deep thought as to their intent, yet withal they often awaken new hopes and aspirations with possibilities of good never before realized.
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Coming Home

William D. McCrackan

Home is another name for heaven, and real home-coming is entering into heavenly harmony.
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English Speech and Ideals

William P. McKenzie

Everywhere with English speech are found English ideals, which include fair play, religious liberty, representative government.