Editorials

UNCONSCIOUS MINISTRY

John B. Willis

There could be no holier, more beautiful aspiration than the desire that one's unconscious influence over others might become an unvaryingly helpful ministry to them.

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One of the strong impressions which the visitor to a Christian Science church usually carries away with him, is that of the almost universal expression of happiness on the countenances of these devout "hearers of the word," a happiness that bespeaks an inward peace for which he has an instinctive longing, yet knows not how to attain.

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"SHAKE THYSELF FROM THE DUST."

John B. Willis

The effort to establish a habit of cleanliness, whether of person or of thought, is always rendered practically hopeless so long as dirt awakens no sense of repugnance.

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THE PROSPERITY OF ZION

Annie M. Knott

Long ago the psalmist wrote: "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

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LIVING THE TRUTH

Archibald McLellan

We who today are the beneficiaries of the tireless labors of the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, too seldom stop to think of our own and the world's indebtedness to her.

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SPIRITUALITY

Annie M. Knott

In searching the dictionary for definitions of the word Spirit and its derivatives, the student of Christian Science cannot fail to observe that very few of these relate to the divine nature or its manifestation in man and the universe.

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THE MOUNTAIN AND THE MUSTARD SEED

John B. Willis

The use of exaggeration for emphasis or rhetorical effect is very common to imaginative writers.

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"THE SPIRIT THAT QUICKENETH"

Archibald McLellan

History informs us that the blessed ministry of healing which our Master instituted when he sent forth his disciples with "the great commission," as it has so appropriately been called, continued to be an important part of the work of his followers in the first three centuries of the Christian era; and no good reason has so far been given for the failure of all who from that time to the present have called themselves Christians, to keep this essential feature of his work prominently in view.

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THE APPEAL TO REASON

John B. Willis

The familiar saying that a given statement is reasonable may mean very much or very little.

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"TEACH US TO PRAY"

Annie M. Knott

Students of Christian Science soon learn that in order to reach the highest results they must change their methods of thinking and doing.

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THE FRUIT OF RIGHT ENDEAVOR

Archibald McLellan

In the early experience of most Christian Scientists there comes a time when they are so wonderfully impressed with the healing work that is being done for them and for others,—when they awaken to the realization that the power of Truth to heal is available today as it was in the time of the Master and his disciples,—that they simply bubble over with enthusiasm in their happiness over this new-found faith, and are eager to right every seemingly wrong condition in health or in morals among their friends, believing that all there is to do in order to accomplish this is to tell them of what they have themselves seen and heard.

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MUNSEY'S MAGAZINE

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Munsey's Magazine announces for its April number an article entitled "The Girlhood Letters of Mary Baker Eddy," together with a poem, hitherto unpublished, written by the great Leader in her school-days.