Editorials

EFFECTIVE DENIAL

John B. Willis

There are not a few of those unacquainted with the teaching of Christian Science who are disposed to refer to its so-called "denials of fact" in terms designed to amuse their hearers.

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Much has been said about the unassumed air of happiness and prosperity which is distinctive of Christian Scientists, and while it is true that jocose critics have jeered at what they have been pleased to term "smug complacency," it is also true that these critics are in such a minority that their sayings are of little consequence.

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THE MOUNTAIN AND THE MOUNTAIN-TOP

John B. Willis

Looking ahead, one may see the mountain's top a long time before he sees the mountain, and though it may seem near and easily accessible, the experienced climber knows full well of the tortuous and ofttimes stony trail which must be gone over step by step before he can gain the summit.

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"ENDLESS LIFE."

Annie M. Knott

The epistle to the Hebrews is read with deep interest by students of Christian Science, who discern in its teachings an effort to lift thought above a theology expressed in forms and ceremonies, up to a vital religion which makes known "the power of an endless life.

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ONLY ONE WAY

Archibald McLellan

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"LOOK UNTO ME"

Annie M. Knott

In the prophecy of Isaiah we read these beautiful words: "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

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"THY TESTIMONIES ARE VERY SURE"

John B. Willis

Every intelligent person has some sense of the significance of testimony to our asserted knowledge of the past, and to our judicial attitude toward men and movements to-day.

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LOVE EVER THE THEME

Archibald McLellan

Many of those who have since become Christian Scientists were much surprised when they first attended a Christian Science church service, to find there was neither personal preacher nor sermon, in the common acceptance of those terms.

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THE SECOND COMMANDMENT

Annie M. Knott

The second commandment is the subject of much study on the part of Christian Scientists who cannot accept any Scriptural teaching "in the oldness of the letter," to quote St.

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"BE OF GOOD CHEER."

John B. Willis

The one condition of thought from which the efficiency of the Christian worker imperatively demands he shall be free, is a state into which he is constantly tempted to fall, namely, discouragement.

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OMNIPOTENT, UNCHANGING GOOD

Archibald McLellan

Our attention has been called to the following specially pertinent question and answer, which recently appeared in the editorial columns of The New York Farmer, published at Port Jervis, N.

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ABSTINENCE

Annie M. Knott

All thoughtful people discover sooner or later that selfdenial in its broadest sense must be practised, if real and lasting progress is to be made in any direction, and some Christians have carried this form of self-discipline to great length, so far as outward indulgences are concerned, who clearly have not understood the Master's teaching on this subject.