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THE HEART'S FAR CRY

John B. Willis

The struggle of unrestful sense has been so vast, so continuous, and withal so personal with each one of us, that we are led to think of it as the incense of mortal hope ascending for ever and ever.

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In open warfare, when the aggressor heralds his approach with such bombastic challenge as that with which the Philistine giant advanced upon the army of Israel, one is usually on the alert and ready for defense; on guard, as it were.

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THE HEALING TOUCH

John B. Willis

We are told that the common people heard the Master gladly, and when we remember the size of the audiences he addressed, the long distances which the many must have come to hear him, and the frequency with which they followed him from place to place that they might garner all his marvelous sayings,—the ease with which he reached the people becomes apparent, and we are brought face to face with the inescapable inference that, preached in its purity and power, the gospel must ever be irresistibly winsome.

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LAW AND OBEDIENCE

Annie M. Knott

In talking recently with the pupils in a Sunday school class on the subject of the commandments, the writer asked these young people of what practical value law would be in human experience without obedience.

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FOR THE WORK'S SAKE

Archibald McLellan

When Jesus healed the sick on the shores of Galilee, in its towns and villages and by its roadsides, as recorded in the gospels, we can scarcely assume that he did this work simply that the sick might be healed, but rather because it seemed to him a necessary incident in exemplification of the gospel he preached,—a gospel which invariably heals the sick when it is understood and practised.

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SCIENCE VS. SUPERSTITION

Annie M. Knott

During the last half century a great change has come over the world's thought, a scientific view of things having to a large extent done away with superstition as it was linked to beliefs concerning God, man, and the universe.

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THE MORE ABUNDANT LIFE

John B. Willis

Readers of the text-book of Christian Science wonder sometimes why its author should have laid such stress upon the teaching that there is no life in matter, but those who have come to realize how this mortal belief wields its debasing influence in every realm of thought, have no trouble in discerning the sufficient reason for her reiterations.

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THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE

Archibald McLellan

Within the next few months, in many of the branch churches, there will be occasion for members to give earnest condideration to the selection of their church officers for the ensuing year, and in some cases they are even now looking about them for available material.

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HINDRANCES MADE HELPFUL

John B. Willis

The writer of the twenty-seventh Psalm dwells upon the authority and power of God which are pledged for the salvation of "the meek of the earth," and then adds by way of assurance, that the very wrath of man shall be made to praise Him.

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THE VITAL MESSAGE

Annie M. Knott

At the present time a great deal is being said, both by the religious and secular press, as to the real function of religion.

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SUBSTANCE AND SHADOW

Archibald McLellan

Much as is being accomplished at the present time by the more public methods of placing Christian Science rightfully before the world, the real work which counts, that which is most convincing of its potency, is the healing of the sick that is daily taking place through the understanding and application of its teachings.

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RESPONSIVENESS

Annie M. Knott

The wise man said: "The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue from the Lord.