Editorials

Choosing the Better Part

William D. McCrackan

On the occasion of the dedication of the extension of The Mother Church in June, 1906, our Leader sent a message to the members entitled, "Choose Ye.

Editorial

Since the healing work of Christian Science has become a matter of such common knowledge as it is today, there has been increasing evidence that the older Christian denominations are under great stress to provide some means by which the healing work done by Christ Jesus and the early Christians will again become a part of the official work of the ministry of these denominations.

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The Word Hypocrisy

William D. McCrackan

The advancing Christian Scientist may suffer temporarily from the self-accusation of hypocrisy unless the line of demarcation between the real and the unreal is kept sharply drawn.

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Gospel Testimonies

Annie M. Knott

Even if the beginner in Christian Science has been a church member for many years, he is usually surprised to discover how many testimonies of healing there are in the gospels, for the healing of the sick was not a distinguishing feature in the work of his own church, as it is in the Church of Christ, Scientist.

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Coordination of the Vine and Its Branches

Archibald McLellan

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Looking Forward

The Christian Science Board of Directors

Six years have passed since the first reader read from the desk of The Mother Church the following words of Mary Baker Eddy from page 135 of "Miscellaneous Writings":—

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"Everlasting punishment"

Annie M. Knott

TEACHERS in Christian Science Sunday schools are often asked by their pupils to explain the meaning of "everlasting punishment," when this subject comes up twice a year in the Lesson-Sermon.

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War Relief Fund

Editor

OUR readers will be interested in the following excerpts from letters received from the relief committees in Holland and Switzerland.

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Protection in Divine Originality

William D. McCrackan

THE growth of the Christian Science movement has been so wonderful in so many ways that it has sometimes occurred to the onlooker to ask himself what this movement will be like, say, in another of a century.

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Healing by Prayer Not a Criminal Act

Archibald McLellan

Bench and Bar, a monthly magazine for lawyers, published in New York City, commenting editorially on the Cole case recently decided by the New York Court of Appeals, calls special attention to the concurring opinion of Chief Judge Bartlett, in which he said: "I concur in Judge Chase's construction of the statute.

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Courage of Our Convictions

William D. McCrackan

In order to reject the clamorous demands of the carnal mind the Christian Scientist needs moral courage of a high order.

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"Likeness"

Annie M. Knott

Apart from the teachings of Christian Science, man's likeness to God is very generally believed to be corporeal; and the attempt is made to argue from effect, as seen through the lens of material belief, back to God, the spiritual cause of all reality.