Editorials

The One Satisfying Acquaintance

John B. Willis

No thought, perchance, saddens the after years of so many people as that of the waste of time and opportunity which their ignorance has occasioned.

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"Stand fast"

Archibald McLellan

The decision recently rendered by the appellate division of the supreme court of New York, which has been so widely commented on by the press, simply lends emphasis to what has been going on in the legislatures of the different states during the years since Christian Science has come into prominence,—to speak plainly, since it has been regarded by a certain class of physicians as a competitor.

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Intelligent Activity

John B. Willis

Who of us does not stop ofttimes in the path or roadway, these days, to note with wondering interest the shapely little sand-piles which speak for the wonderful industry of the ants! All the day, and all the night, as we are told, they devote themselves to their work, with an energy that seems no less tireless than absorbing.

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Glimpses into the First Lessons

Annie M. Knott

It is scarcely possible for us to enter into the spirit of the beatitudes until we have pondered somewhat the experiences which preceded the giving forth of the Sermon on the Mount.

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"In spirit and in truth"

Archibald McLellan

There is a good deal of what the world calls human nature in the feeling which prompts Christian Scientists to look with great satisfaction upon the constantly increasing number of members of The Mother Church and of the branch churches in the larger cities.

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Readers of The Mother Church

Editor

As announced at the annual meeting of The Mother Church, June 9, the readers elected for the ensuing term of three years are:—

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Things Contrary

Annie M. Knott

There are few if any outside of the teachings of Christian Science who are awake to the fact that the flesh and Spirit "are contrary the one to the other," as St.

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Repose and the Larger View

John B. Willis

He who has learned to bring the greatest spiritual truths into touch with the so-called lesser things of life, has discovered the secret of the solution of his problem.

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"Lest ye enter into temptation"

Archibald McLellan

It is sometimes a trying experience to the young and enthusiastic adherents of Christian Science, and ofttimes to those who have been longer grounded in the faith, to find that they are not exempt from trials and temptations, and that constant vigilance is needed to keep in the straight and narrow way which is the direct road to the kingdom and the Father's house of "many mansions.

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"Caught up unto God"

John B. Willis

There is nothing quite so gorgeous as a jeweled morning, and those who revel in its freshness and song gain a vision with which no other offering of the day can compare.

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Progressive Contentment

Annie M. Knott

Christian Science begins with the individual by making him desire and seek after better things than those which seem to prevail when he turns to the truth.

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"If any man will come after me"

Archibald McLellan

There is only one reasonable explanation why the multitudes followed Jesus in those few brief years of his earthly ministry.