Editorials

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KNOWING THE DIVINE NEARNESS

John B. Willis

It was a gathering of Christian ministers and their familiars, who were holding an evening service on the beach.
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"FAITHFUL IN THAT WHICH IS LEAST."

Archibald McLellan

Christ Jesus made use of many similes in his efforts to impress upon his hearers the truth concerning the kingdom of heaven.
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THE OFFENDING EAR

John B. Willis

The habit of propagating error by what might be termed conventionally-good-form gossip, is very easily acquired and very generally consented to, but when one comes to think of the misunderstandings, bickerings, ill judgments, and alienations to which it leads, he wonders that every sensible person, not to say Christian, has not awakened to its blighting significance and begun a positive and continuous resistance to its temptations.
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THE NEW BIRTH

Annie M. Knott

Throughout Jesus' teachings, and also in those of his immediate followers, great emphasis is laid upon the new birth as essential to salvation from all evil.
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THE PROVINCE OF THE LECTURE

Archibald McLellan

It is impossible to estimate with any degree of accuracy the wide-spread benefit which accrues to humanity from the many hundreds of lectures on Christian Science that are given by the Christian Science board of lectureship annually, all over the world, under the auspices of The Mother Church and its branch Churches of Christ, Scientist; but the careful provision made in the Manual.
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THE SAND AND THE ROCK

ANNIE M. KNOTT

THE sermon on the mount is rightly regarded as the basis of all of Jesus' teachings, and its relation to his marvelous healing work is of great interest to the student of Christian Science.
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HOLDING ON AND LETTING GO

JOHN B. WILLIS

"THE fight has been such a long one, and sometimes I feel like giving up and letting go; but I know I simply can't, and then I take another grip and hold on for dear life.
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WILLIAM B. JOHNSON, C.S.D

ARCHIBALD MCLELLAN

IN Science and Health.
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ONE LAW

JOHN B. WILLIS

THE moment one begins to think about law, in the light of Christian Science, that moment he begins to realize that the prevailing concepts of its meaning are confused and confusing to a degree which is most lamentable in view of the intimate, causal relation of law to life and conduct in human experience.
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"THE WORD OF TRUTH."

ANNIE M. KNOTT

IN Paul's second letter to Timothy he warns him against mere wordy discussions, which only tend to mislead the hearers; then he adds, "Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
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THE RULE OF PRACTICE

ARCHIBALD MCLELLAN

THROUGHOUT Mrs.
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HUNGER AND THIRST SATISFIED

Annie M. Knott

When the psalmist said, "As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.