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"ACQUAINT NOW THYSELF WITH HIM"

Archibald McLellan

If one were given a problem in mathematics to solve, he would first endeavor to understand it thoroughly, and then apply to its solution the rule by which such a problem can be worked out.

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REMAINING SHADOWS

John B. Willis

She was speaking of her personal problems and manifestly thought of some of them as of a kind that would demand great effort for their solution.

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"WHAT SHALL I RENDER?"

Annie M. Knott

One of the most noticeable effects of Christian Science is the awakening of gratitude for every good thing, and a desire to manifest it in some practical way.

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At the beginning of another year of work in the lecture field, we are glad to comply with the request for a republication of the letter addressed by our revered Leader to the board of lectureship in the earlier stages of this great work for humanity, believing that it will likewise be an inspiration to every Christian Scientist.

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THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BOARD OF LECTURESHIP

Mary Baker Eddy

Beloved Students:—I am more than satisfied with your work: its grandeur almost surprises me.

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SONSHIP

Annie M. Knott

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE has for nearly half a century been revealing to humanity in a new and most vital way the privilege of sonship to God, and it has had to do this in the face of a false sense of man's relation to his heavenly Father.

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DRUGS OR DIVINITY?

John B. Willis

There are not a few beginners in Christian Science who are puzzled when called on to explain how cures are effected by the use of drugs, and one such has recently asked, "If the worth of things is to be determined by their fruits, and some material remedies have brought health as certainly as has Christian Science, according to the testimony of those benefited, why should not the good of both be recognized and accepted?

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ONE GOD, ONE POWER

Archibald McLellan

In the chapter, "Animal Magnetism Unmasked," in Science and Health, on page 102, Mrs.

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OUR ADEQUATE SUPPORT

John B. Willis

Basic truths are always universal, they refuse to be compassed by the specific.

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TRUTH'S STANDARD

Annie M. Knott

A man may think he can choose his own standard of living, as to right or wrong doing, with some popular virtues to balance certain vices deemed necessary adjuncts of mortal existence; yet this can never satisfy any one, for the simple reason that an inflexible standard always has existed and always will, and Christ Jesus stated it in unequivocal terms when he said, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

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"TREASURE IN HEAVEN."

Archibald McLellan

When Christ Jesus said, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect," he doubtless recognized that he was setting a standard of conduct which only the greatest measure of love, goodness, wisdom, intelligence, and understanding could look forward to as the manifestation of man in the image and likeness of God.

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INSPIRATION, HOW GAINED

Annie M. Knott

In the book of Job we are told that "the inspiration of the Almighty" giveth men understanding, and Christian Science would add that no true understanding can be gained in any other way than by divine inspiration.