Editorials

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THE NEW YEAR

Annie M. Knott

Mrs.
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NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS

Archibald McLellan

With the beginning of each year there comes to many persons an impulse to "turn over a new leaf," and they go through the form of making resolutions which they believe will aid them in reaching a higher standard of living.
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MRS. EDDY'S GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION

Editor with contributions from R. Rathvon, Herbert W. Eustace

[The following letters are self-explanatory, and tell the story of our Leader's generous gift for the further enlargement of the publishing house, and also of the gift from the church at San Jose for the same purpose.
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EXTEMPORE

Mary Baker Eddy

[The above lines were composed by Mrs.
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"THOU SHALT NOT STEAL"

Annie M. Knott

It is an interesting fact that the more grossly material mortals are, the fainter is their concept of moral obligation, while with an advance in spirituality this obligation takes definite form as statutes which have their root in a divine necessity.
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CLIMBING THE LADDER.

John B. Willis

The sentiment involved in Jacob's undertaking, and the hopes that must have filled his heart, may have given interpretation as well as form to his wondrous dream, but whatever else the vision may have signified, it must have spoken to him as to us of the possibility of ascension, and indicated the way thereto; namely, by taking the successive steps of sincere and honest effort, by the progressive escape from a "low-vaulted past" through the attainment of a higher, more heavenly sense.
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PRACTITIONERS' CHARGES.

Mary Baker Eddy with contributions from Editor

Brookline, Mass.
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MRS. EDDY'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE.

Mary Baker Eddy

Box G.
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ERROR'S EFFECT AND END

John B. Willis

It has been very constantly preached, and very generally believed, that the suffering which follows wrong-doing is a divine provision, an expression of what the Old Testament writers called "the vengeance of the Lord.
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OUR EXPERIENCE MEETINGS

Annie M. Knott

In Mark's Gospel we read that Jesus said to a man who had been wonderfully healed by him, "Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
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TRUE GRATITUDE

Archibald McLellan

True gratitude has been well styled the natural response of the heart to kindness, and carries with it a desire to show appreciation for the favor received by requital if possible.
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AN EXPLANATION

John B. Willis

Writers in general would be very glad if they might always express themselves in a way which would interdict the possibility of being misunderstood.