Editorials

Editorial

"Human will-power is not Science"

Archibald McLellan

Occasionally we hear a testimony given at a Wednesday evening meeting in which the speaker refers to "the financial demonstration" which he has made; whereas the facts as stated clearly indicate that this so-called demonstration was nothing more than the exercise of will-power, or to use the more recent term, psychology.
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Home and Heaven

Annie M. Knott

A good many people think of home and heaven as places far removed from each other, separated indeed by a stream called death; but Christian Science presents a different view of the subject and finds authority for it in the Scriptures.
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Job and Others

John B. Willis

The world of human sense is the scene of continuous struggle.
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"Which passeth all understanding"

Archibald McLellan

In these days of wars and rumors of wars, it is well for us all to remember that evil is never made good by the seeming necessity for its employment.
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Heroism

John B. Willis

All those who are well acquainted with themselves, have come to know that there are quite enough discouraging factors in the average man's make-up to provoke the feeling that his redemption is a rather hopeless undertaking.
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Causation Spiritual

Annie M. Knott

A good many seekers after truth are puzzled by the questions asked them respecting Scriptural topics, some by friends in the older churches, and others by students of Christian Science.
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Concerning Medical Legislation

Archibald McLellan

So much has been said in a fragmentary way in the newspapers about the proposed changes in the medical registration laws of New York and Massachusetts, that there may be doubt in the minds of some of our readers as to the actual status of these laws, in so far as they might apply to the practice of Christian Science.
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Light

Annie M. Knott

It is deeply interesting to note the many references to light which are to be found in the Scriptures, the word being constantly used therein to express the presence of Deity.
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One Good versus One Evil

John B. Willis

Mortal belief is forever at war, not only with our sense of unity but with the achievements of unity.
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"Holy to the Lord"

Archibald McLellan

It has occasionally happened that Christian Scientists, in changing from their old beliefs about religion and the observance of certain forms and ceremonies belonging thereto, have become just a little bit unsettled in regard to the proper observance of the Sabbath day.
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"The salt of the earth"

John B. Willis

Nothing is more noticeable, in studying the words of Christ Jesus, than the fulness and finality with which he expressed himself in a few words, and this is well illustrated in that remarkable saying to his disciples, "Ye are the salt of the earth.
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"Who maketh thee to differ?"

Annie M. Knott

In the fourth chapter of I Corinthians, Paul warns his readers against being "puffed up," and then he asks the searching question which we may each ask ourselves with profit, "Who maketh thee to differ from another?