Editorials

Editorial

"Let your light so shine"

Archibald McLellan

In these days of breaking away from customs and traditions, Christian Scientists, like every one else, are confronted with the lure of the extreme in dress, in amusements, and in the exploitation of the sexes which is now so popular through newspapers, magazines, current fiction, and the stage.
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"The full program of Christianity"

Annie M. Knott

One of the most thrilling passages in the New Testament is to be found in the fourth chapter of Luke, which records the first public appearance in Nazareth of Christ Jesus as a religious teacher.
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"Grow in grace"

John B. Willis

The moment one recognizes the metaphysical fact revealed in Christian Science, that all real life is a manifestation of the activity of infinite Being, that moment he must realize that the phrase "an unprogressive life" involves a contradiction of terms.
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Seeking at the Source

Archibald McLellan

Since the publication of "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany," many letters have been received at headquarters expressing great gratitude for this book, and for the opportunity it has given to Christian Scientists to become more familiar with Mrs.
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A Broadening Horizon

John B. Willis

Some one has said that when you turn a thought loose among men, you can never tell what may happen.
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Humility

Annie M. Knott

We have it on the authority of Christ Jesus that he who humbleth himself "shall be exalted," and the psalmist prays, "Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins.
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"Be watchful, sober, and vigilant"

Archibald McLellan

A tabulation of the diseases which Christ Jesus healed during the three years of his ministry, as recorded in the New Testament, shows them to have been as follows: palsy, paralysis, leprosy, deformity, blindness, fever, dropsy, hemorrhage, violent insanity, epilepsy.
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"Durable riches"

Annie M. Knott

All through the recorded history of the human race, as found in the Scriptures, are many references to wealth and riches, all of which point to the metaphysical significance of these terms above and beyond the mere belief in material possessions.
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Faith and Works

John B. Willis

No highway into the heart of the Andes is more noteworthy than that which leads up the valley of the Rimac.
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"Ask of God"

Archibald McLellan

We have been asked to republish an editorial which appeared under the above title in the Sentinel of Oct.
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"Lift up thine eyes"

John B. Willis

How illuminating and significant it would prove if one were able to discern the full content of the psalmist's exclamation when he cried, "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills.
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"Endless life"

Annie M. Knott

In the epistle to the Hebrews we read of the law of inheritance which prevailed in the Levitical priesthood, by which men "gave attendance at the altar" and participated in all the rites and ceremonies of the Jewish religion.