Editorials

THE ONE POSSESSION

John B. Willis

No one can read the history of the children of Israel without noting the extent to which their thought of possession was determined by material appetite.

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AN essential feature of the Church of Christ, Scientist, is that in this church, as in primitive Christianity, works are more highly valued than are mere professions or outward show of form and ceremony.

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A QUESTION OF AUTHORITY

John B. Willis

No thoughtful observer of common conversation can fail to note the well-nigh universal and often quite unconscious habit of dodging responsibility for statements, by prefacing them with "They say," or "It is reported.

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"THE KINGDOM OF GOD"

Annie M. Knott

Among the many sage and sacred utterances of the great Teacher, none is of more importance than this, "The kingdom of God is within you.

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"VAIN REPETITIONS"

Archibald McLellan

One of the numerous fallacies imposed on many who are taking their first steps in Christian Science, is the belief that the practice of this healing religion is confined to the use or reiteration of some formula or combination of words; whereas in their experience of its saving power it should have been made clear to them that it is the knowledge of God and man's relation to Him that heals the sick.

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THE PRIVILEGE OF WORK

Annie M. Knott

As Labor day comes round it has a lesson for each one of us, inasmuch as this is the age of workers, not of idlers.

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AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE

John B. Willis

SHE was a very bright old lady, and for more than four score years she had lived a life of devotion to the fulfilment of her highest concept of Christian faith and duty.

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THE TIME OF THE HARVEST

Archibald McLellan

THESE are the days when the husbandman, as he looks out over his broad fields of grain, fast ripening under the September sun, rejoices to see the approaching fruition of months of labor and waiting,—the breaking up of the bare brown earth, the sowing of the seed, the growth of the tiny green spearlike blades that first pierce the soil, until they burst into flower and fruit, giving promise of an abundant harvest; and happy is he who has secured his laborers against the time of reaping, that the golden grain waste not upon its stalk.

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"THE BATTLE IS NOT YOURS."

John B. Willis

The daring of David when but a boy he faced the mighty man of the Philistines, would seem presumptuous, illy authorized, were one to judge with respect to their disparity in physical prowess and fighting equipment, but its sufficient warrant is recognized when he is heard to say to the giant boaster: "Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts.

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"GIVE YE THEM TO EAT."

Annie M. Knott

The wonderful story of the feeding of the multitude by Christ Jesus is told by the four evangelists, and it is noteworthy that each of them prefaces his account with a statement of the healing work done at this same time by the Master.

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"FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS."

Archibald McLellan

There is a wonderfully accurate balancing of the scales of justice in that petition we daily take upon our lips, though perhaps without fully comprehending all that is therein implied.

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"WISE AS SERPENTS."

Annie M. Knott

When Christ Jesus sent out the twelve disciples whom he had equipped for the work of evangelizing humanity, he bade them "heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils,"—a truly comprehensive program of service.