Editorials

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ALL GOOD IS

John B. Willis

There are few men, and none of parts, who do not erect and dream over their castles in Spain, who have not outlined an ideal of earthly circumstance and surroundings with which they associate the thought of happiness and satisfaction; and the difficulty of many a task, the weight of many a burden, has been temporarily lessened by this ministry of hope, the promise it gives of a sometimes success.
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UNIVERSAL APPLICATION

Archibald McLellan

Frequently at the Wednesday evening meetings we hear testimonies given in which the speaker includes a statement of his gratitude for the greater prosperity which he is enjoying in his business affairs, and to a stranger who is attending a Christian Science service for the first time, this statement may prove somewhat puzzling.
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IT IS WORTH WHILE TO BE WELL

John B. Willis

It may be assumed that all value the comfort and freedom of health, though many live and deport themselves after a fashion which they could not commend as conducive thereto.
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FIRSTFRUITS

Annie M. Knott

All Christian people are supposed to be familiar with the Master's admonition, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness," but not all lay the needed emphasis upon the "first," which relates itself very naturally with the demand found throughout the Old Testament for the rendering to God of all the firstfruits.
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"WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE"

Archibald McLellan

Paul followed up his question to King Agrippa, "Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
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INTUITIONS

Annie M. Knott

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PUTTING OFF THE OLD MAN

John B. Willis

No moment in the life of a crawfish is more significant than that in which, with a seemingly tremendous effort and possibly some suffering, he breaks away from his encasing shell, the limitations of his old self, and finds the possibility of a larger life.
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MATERIAL MEANS NOT NECESSARY

Archibald McLellan

During the past twenty years there has been a growing demand upon the part of certain physicians in an organized way, for the enlargement of the activities of their profession and the reestablishment of the waning prestige of their system through compulsory legislation.
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PATRIOTISM

John B. Willis

The condition of public thought today, as indicated by the general unrest of the people of the United States and many other countries, offers a forcible suggestion that nothing is more needed in all the world than a nobler concept and practice of patriotism.
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THE BIRTH OF A NATION

Annie M. Knott

In the prophecy of Isaiah we find this question, "Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day?
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"TESTIMONIES OF HEALING"

Archibald McLellan

We are in receipt of a letter from a friend, a Christian Scientist, who calls attention to the unsatisfactory nature of the subject-matter and character of some of the testimonies given at our Wednesday evening meetings; "testimonies" which do not conform in any manner to the rules of evidence, and which fail to carry conviction to the sincere seeker for truth who, for the first time, upon the solicitation of some friend, has attended one of these meetings.
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PROOF VS. OPINION

Editor

In our text-book we read that "in Christian Science mere opinion is valueless".