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THE PROMISE TO THE CHILDREN

Annie M. Knott

On the day of Pentecost, that great awakening to the spiritual facts of being, Peter gave a long address to the people who from all parts of the world were present in Jerusalem, and he quoted the psalmist's words: "Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

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MEDICAL LEGISLATION

Archibald McLellan

The question of medical legislation which has for its purpose the curtailment or prohibition of all practice of the healing art except that by the so-called regular schools, is up again in one or two of the states, and has called out serious protests from those who can see in such legislation as is asked for by the doctors nothing but an effort to invade the individual liberty of the many for the benefit of the few.

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MRS. EDDY'S HISTORY

Mary Baker Eddy

I have not had sufficient interest in the matter to read or to note from others' reading what the enemies of Christian Science are said to be circulating regarding my history, but my friends have read Sibyl Wilbur's book, "Life of Mary Baker Eddy," and request the privilege of buying, circulating, and recommending it to the public.

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PRESSING TOWARD THE MARK

Annie M. Knott

There are many who recognize the beauty of the Christian life and would enter upon it, who do not count the cost nor see the necessity for absolute faithfulness at every step of the way until the goal is reached.

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TRUTH UNBOUND

John B. Willis

It is quite impossible to dissociate Christianity from the thought of sympathetic consideration for the afflicted, and hence it was not at all surprising that a vigorous protest was entered by Christian physicians and ministers throughout the country, when an eminent medical lecturer recently suggested it would be a wise and kind thing to allow the hopelessly incurable "to go the way of nature.

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THE SIMPLE GOSPEL

Archibald McLellan

It sometimes happens that Christian Scientists become so engrossed in the various activities in which their churches are engaged, that they lose the right perspective of these activities, and thus are apt to exaggerate the importance of some and dwarf the importance of others.

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"THIS IS LIFE ETERNAL"

John B. Willis

That fine, high living is impossible to those entertaining a false concept of life is so manifest as to be a truism.

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WHEN GOD SPEAKS

Annie M. Knott

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"SERVANT OF ALL"

Archibald McLellan

We have recently been asked by a member of a branch church to state whether it is proper and in line with good practice to designate and regard some one member of a branch church as its "head.

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"DESPISE NOT PROPHESYINGS."

Annie M. Knott

In the seventeenth chapter of Acts we read of Paul's visit to Thessalonica, and of the awakening to truth of many "devout Greeks," among them prominent women; as also at Berea.

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"BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS, I AM."

John B. Willis

In Christian Science faith grows out of an understood Principle, while the world's philosophies and sciences have all begun with the phenomena of experience and reasoned therefrom.

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"SEEK YE FIRST."

Archibald McLellan

One of the necessary conditions for the success of a Christian Science church is harmony, and in order to bring about this condition or to maintain it, it is important to know what constitutes true harmony.