Editorials

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CAUSE AND ITS LOCATION

John B. Willis

In no one thing, perhaps, has Christian Science more helpfully influenced human thought than in its redirection of the world's attention to the very simple truth that effects are to be adequately dealth with only as we address ourselves to the removal of their final cause.
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"NO SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATION."

Archibald McLellan

Probably no phase of Christian Science teaching is so generally misunderstood by those outside its borders as that which exposes and denounces the operations of so-called animal magnetism, and yet the teaching on this subject is so plainly stated by Mrs.
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AN AMENDED BY-LAW

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NOT A SPARROW FALLETH

John B. Willis

There are many theological writers these days who undertake to explain the acknowledged injustice of material law, as the expression of a divine order, by dwelling upon the largeness and scope of God's intent.
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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

In the 33rd chapter of the book of Job, that wonderful drama of human suffering, hope, and aspiration, we read that "God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.