Editorials

THE DIVINE NEARNESS

John B. Willis

We were visiting a normal school, and had observed here and there blackboard sketches which were illustrative of the varied topics of study, and which clearly betrayed the touch of an artist.

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In the fiftieth chapter of the prophecy of Jeremiah we read that in the latter days people would seek after God with their whole heart, and say, "Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.

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THE TEST OF ENDURANCE

Archibald McLellan

That there is a steady increase in the number of branch Churches of Christ, Scientist, and in the number of those who attend our services, is well exemplified in a press despatch from Chicago which we print in another column.

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"CHILDREN OF THE RESURRECTION."

Annie M. Knott

In the brief period between the raising of Lazarus by Christ Jesus and his own crucifixion, he gave some of his most vital teachings, the truth of which had already been proved in his mighty works.

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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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JOY IN OBEDIENCE

Archibald McLellan

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.