Editorials

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THE ALLNESS OF GOOD

Annie M. Knott

Every sincere student of Christian Science would admit that the "scientific statement of being," given on page 468 of Science and Health, is the basis of all right reasoning, inasmuch as it posits as fundamental truth the allness of God and the consequent nothingness of error.
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"BE YE THEREFORE WISE"

John B. Willis

The higher meaning which attaches to the Scripture word wisdom, identifies it with that spiritual understanding or knowledge of Truth referred to in the familiar proverb, "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom.
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IF THINE EYE BE SINGLE

Archibald McLellan

Christ Jesus declared the infiniteness, the allness of God's kingdom, and evil's consequent nothingness and powerlessness, in the closing sentence of that wonderfully comprehensive prayer, so full of significance today to Christian Scientists, which he taught his followers nineteen centuries ago: "Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
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"WITH WHAT MEASURE YE METE."

John B. Willis

The discovery that a very common twentieth-century habit occupies a prominent place among the things which in the book of Deuteronomy are branded as an offense to God, makes it clear that in the realm of human selfishness there is little new under the sun.
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PONDERINGS

Annie M. Knott

In Proverbs we read: "Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
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THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL

Archibald McLellan

As a basis in explanation of the efforts put forth each year to obtain legislation which will prohibit the practice of Christian Science, the proponents of such legislation usually try to show two things, first, that Christian Science does not heal; and second, that it is a menace, because, as they allege, Christian Scientists do not obey the laws in regard to the reporting of so-called contagious diseases.
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BELIEF AND UNDERSTANDING

Annie M. Knott

It is often observed by those who are not Christian Scientists, that students of Christian Science place considerable emphasis upon the word "belief.
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WAR AND PEACE

John B. Willis

Though named in prophecy "The Prince of Peace," and thus heralded at his birth by angelic choirs, Christ Jesus frankly declared that he came "not to send peace, but a sword;" and with his own trial and crucifixion there was inaugurated a world-strife which has left its record upon every page of history, and which today is seething to a tidal crest whose threatenings can but seem alarming to the timid and tired of heart.
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A SURFEIT OF CIRCULARS

Archibald McLellan

We are frequently asked by our friends in the field to write editorials dealing with this or that subject of general or special interest.
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"YE ARE GODS"

John B. Willis

Nothing of all Jesus said was more irritating to the Jews than his self-identification with God, and though manifestly impelled in their cruel determinations by pride and prejudice, this was their avowed reason to Pilate for demanding his crucifixion.
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TRUTH RETAINED

Annie M. Knott

It needs but little argument to convince a truly thoughtful man or woman that those experiences alone are worth remembering which lift us above the mortal sense of things with gleams of light that hint at immortal realities, and it matters little what these "gleams of glory" cost us in the mental throes which prepare us to see the light.
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IMMORTALITY

Archibald McLellan

No greater hope dwells in the breast of mankind than that of immortality, and no clearer statement of the possibility and modus of immortality was ever made than is afforded by the words of Christ Jesus when he said, "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.