Editorials

Holding On and Letting Go

Annie M. Knott

Students of Christian Science soon learn that mortal belief is the opposite of the spiritual fact.

In Isaiah's prophecy we read, "Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord," a declaration which all Christian people would do well to ponder daily, since Christ Jesus announced to Pilate that his mission was to "bear witness unto the truth;" that he came to the world for this purpose.

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Eternal Youth

John B. Willis

Perhaps no question has received more attention at the hands of the race than that as to the nature of life, and yet even educated Christian thought about life has for the most part always embraced a palpable contradiction, and is still contending for it.

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Christ's Christianity

Archibald McLellan

Some time ago an editorial writer on one of the denominational organs of a leading Christian church presented the following interesting views :—

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"Well done"

William P. McKenzie

It is with sincere regret that the Board of Directors of The Mother Church comply with the request made by Mr.

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Love's Protest

John B. Willis

Who has not felt a shuddering recoil upon discovering that the heart of a rare, sweet rose has become the banquet hall of a loathsome worm,—that into its perfumed chambers has come this hideously stupid creature, bent solely upon the satisfaction of a grossness that with consuming leisure enters the matchless halls of a palace of purity, and leaves them reeking with foulness and decay.

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"A thousand years"

Annie M. Knott

Throughout the Scriptures the phrase "a thousand years" is many times used symbolically, sometimes to contrast the mortal sense of time with the spiritual idea of eternity.

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Uncompromised Truth

Archibald McLellan

Christian Scientists, in their endeavor to present the teachings of their religion in a way which will not too violently conflict with the views of those with whom they may be talking, are sometimes unconsciously under the temptation to color their statements or modify their practices to suit the previous concepts of their auditors.

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Remembrance

Annie M. Knott

A Great deal is said in the Bible about remembering and forgetting.

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God's Ever-presence

John B. Willis

No Scripture promise is more comforting than that which reads, "My presence shall go with thee.

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Spreading the Gospel

Archibald McLellan

Much is being said and done these days, through the press and other public propaganda, to exploit the healing of the sick by material means, and to foster the impression that only through such expedients can they be healed.

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"The Lord is my rock"

John B. Willis

Perhaps no symbolism of the Scripture writings is more forceful than that attached to the word rock, which stands first of all for demonstrable Truth, the Christ-idea.