Editorials

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IN THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT

John B. Willis

The keynote of that royal fourth chapter of Paul's letter to the Ephesians is found in the word "unity,"—unity in the thought of God, in the knowledge of His Son, in the faith that relies wholly upon Truth, in the love that blossoms in brotherhood, in the purity that is blameless, in the humility that is childlike, in the manly living that is tender-hearted and compassionate,—such is the compass of a concept whose circle is so complete that though the rest of "the world's best book" were lost, this epitome of right thought and deed would supply the aspiring and obedient with everything essential to their triumph.
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THE TRUE WORSHIP

Annie M. Knott

The fourth chapter of John's Gospel contains a remarkably full account of an incident in Jesus' ministry which deals with the vital facts of religious experience in a way that cannot be ignored or forgotten by the thoughtful reader.
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"HE THAT SEEKETH FINDETH"

Archibald McLellan

A few days ago one of the workers at headquarters in Boston received a letter from a friend which propounded a question pertaining to the conducting of the services in branch churches.
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THE LEAVENING OF THOUGHT

John B. Willis

History witnesses that in so far as professed Christians have been inhospitable to merited rebuke, indisposed to consider the manifest inadequacy of view for which they stand, in so far thought has not honored the Christ-ideal and their influence for good has been diminished.
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A SOLEMN OBLIGATION

Annie M. Knott

It is required of the teachers in our Christian Science Sunday Schools to teach all the pupils under their care the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer with its spiritual interpretation as found in Science and Health.
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READERS OF BRANCH CHURCHES

Archibald McLellan

There is a question of "supply" which seems to confront many branch churches when it comes to the choice of those who shall fill the important office of Readers, and within the last few weeks there have come to us from various parts of the field requests to "say something in the Sentinel" on this particular phase of the problem.
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THE DERELICT

John B. Willis

We had passed the doldrums with their characteristic rain and fog and fluffy winds, and had entered the southeast trades, a region of sunny seas and steady sails, well named "The Sailor's Delight.
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PLENITUDE VS. POVERTY

Annie M. Knott

A careful study of the Bible reveals a widely different concept of poverty and riches than that popularly entertained, a truly metaphysical sense of these terms and others related to them, indicating mental rather than material conditions.
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THE KINGDOM WITHIN

Archibald McLellan

One cannot progress very far in the investigation and study of Christian Science without perceiving how closely it adheres in its teaching and demonstration to the truth the Master sought to convey to the self-seeking Pharisees, when they demanded of him the time the "kingdom of God" of which he had spoken should come.
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"THE POWER, AND THE GLORY."

Annie M. Knott

All religious teaching has emphasized the power of God, even to the extent of what has been termed "special intervention" in the affairs of men, but it remained for the Discoverer of Christian Science to make the startling statement that there is in reality no other power than the divine, and that this power is absolutely good.
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"THE EXACTIONS OF SCIENCE."

John B. Willis

There is nothing so uncompromising as the truth, which never sways in the slightest degree from the standard of its own integrity.
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THE ORGANIZATION OF BRANCH CHURCHES

Archibald McLellan

Primarily a Church of Christ, Scientist, stands for the promulgation of Christ's Christianity,—the preaching of the Word, and the healing of the sick through the demonstration of the teachings of the Master, whose "great commission" to his disciples is the authority and the standard for his followers in all ages.