Editorials

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THE INTELLIGIBILITY OF DIVINE LAW

John B. Willis

THE world is familiar with the fact that in studying a given force or influence the phenomena which have characterized a known period of its history are naturally looked for in any as yet unknown period, and this so-called law of the maintenance of type is sure to determine the expectation of all who are investigating the subject.
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EFFECTUAL PRAYER

Annie M. Knott

IT is sometimes asked whether prayer is of any avail to mankind in their struggles to overcome the besetments of evil.
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"THE DIVINE LAW OF LOVE"

Archibald McLellan

WRITING of those systems of mental practice which are not Christian Science and which are opposed to its teachings, Mrs.
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THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT

Annie M. Knott

In studying the commandments it is always well to remember the introductory statement, "I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
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"THERE IS NONE OTHER NAME"

John B. Willis

The average Christian believer has no difficulty in recognizing that there can be no element of evil in that infinite good which men call God, though he often fails to perceive that the manifestation of Spirit with the asserted power of matter is equally incongruous and impossible under any divine order.
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"DECEIVE NOT WITH THY LIPS"

Archibald McLellan

From time to time Christian Scientists have been charged by critics of this denomination with being double-minded; that is, it is claimed that in their statements concerning themselves and their affairs, they make certain mental reservations in order that these statements shall coincide with an individual concept of what they term "absolute" Christian Science, rather than with the phenomena of sense perception with which they are dealing.
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TARRY YE IN JERUSALEM

John B. Willis

Religious history has disclosed no more persistent mortal predisposition than that which leads men to center their interests upon some human sense or symbol of the truth, or some phenomenon of its unfoldment, and give this such emphasis in thought that in the end they quite pass by the truth itself.
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"THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE."

Archibald McLellan

The usefulness of the board of lectureship, established by our Leader, Mrs.
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"HUMAN CAPACITIES."

Annie M. Knott

In Science and Health we read that "Moses advanced a nation to the worship of God in Spirit instead of matter, and illustrated the grand human capacities of being bestowed by immortal Mind".
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"INDUSTRY, INTELLIGENCE, INTEGRITY"

Annie M. Knott

On the walls of the municipal building of a large city in Canada are some fine symbolic pictures, representing the arts and crafts, and one of these has for its title the words quoted above.
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"LECTURES TO BE DELIVERED"

Archibald McLellan

Ever since the organization of the board of lectureship, it has been the custom to publish in the Sentinel a list of the lectures which have been delivered by the members of this board.
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THE GARMENTS OF BEAUTY

John B. Willis

Long ago the psalmist prayed, "Let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us," and when one thinks how flawless is the divine nature he realizes how ideal this "beauty of the Lord" must be.