Editorials

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SAVING THE SLUMS

John B. Willis

A student of social conditions in London has recently called attention to the startling fact that, according to the reports of Christian workers among the poor, when a certain level of destitution has been reached the situation seems to become quite hopeless, and from this he argues rightly that Christian thought should awaken to the fact that the gross violation of economic law is largely responsible for these conditions.
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"DECENTLY AND IN ORDER"

Archibald McLellan

It is scientific as well as Christian that "all things be done decently and in order," and this is especially true when applied to the organization of Christian Science societies or branch churches, for if each step of such organization be rightly taken, the possibility of friction and misunderstanding in later years will be avoided.
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"NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE"

John B. Willis

THE heavens may have seemed brass in many a crucial hour, and yet normal people have never been able to think of God as inaccessible, and Christian Science is blessing all mankind in making His nearness the more apparent and intelligible.
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READING-ROOM PRIVILEGES

Annie M. Knott

ALL Christian Science churches are required to have a reading-room where our literature, including the Bible, may be read and studied, or purchased if the reader so desires.
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CHRISTMAS AND CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS

MARY BAKER EDDY with contributions from Editor

Because  the observance of Christmas is so general, it is perhaps natural that there should be many inquiries at this season in regard to this holiday and the place it should hold in the thought of Christian Scientists.
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THANKFULNESS AND THANKSGIVING

Annie M. Knott

At this season of the year the word Thanksgiving is often heard among American people, and the sentiments associated with the name are without doubt many and varied.
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"THINK ON THESE THINGS"

John B. Willis

The Christian life has two aspects which can never be dissociated, namely, right thinking and right doing.
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NOT MORTAL, BUT IMMORTAL MIND

Archibald McLellan

Most of us can remember the time when for a physician to admit that Christian Science had healed any one of any disease was an unheard-of thing.
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"ANOINTED OF GOD."

John B. Willis

In his last long heart-to-heart talk with his disciples, Jesus said to them, "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit,.
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IDEAS AND SYMBOLS

Annie M. Knott

It sometimes happens that when a student of Christian Science places emphasis upon the spiritual sense of a passage of Scripture, the listener concludes that he therefore denies or ignores the literal sense of the statement in question.
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"IN EVERY THING GIVE THANKS."

Archibald McLellan

In this issue of the Sentinel we publish the proclamation of the President of the United States, naming Thursday, Nov.
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"EVERLASTING GOSPEL."

Annie M. Knott

In the fourteenth chapter of Revelation we read of an angel who was sent forth to proclaim the everlasting gospel to "every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people"—none being unprovided for by divine Love and wisdom.