Editorials

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THE GOLDEN RULE

Archibald McLellan

Recently there has been considerable comment in the newspapers with reference to the case of a man prominent in medical circles, it having been alleged that during a critical illness certain Christian Scientists were treating him without solicitation or consent on his part or on the part of his family.
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"RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT."

Annie M. Knott

In our text-book we read that "to decide quickly as to the proper treatment of error—whether error is manifested in forms of sickness, sin, or death—is the first step toward destroying error".
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DOING AND BEING

John B. Willis

This may well be named the altruistic age, for in no period of history perhaps has so much thought been given to the problem of relieving human need.
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"THE TONGUE OF THE CRAFTY."

Archibald McLellan

From time to time there come to us from readers of the Sentinel letters which tell us that the cities in which the writers reside have been visited by itinerant impostors who, upon the strength of such plausible tales of destitution as are best suited to their purpose, have succeeded in victimizing Christian Scientists by borrowing money from them.
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THE PROPHET—LIFE

John B. Willis

When a man faces a life—problem, with an ethical purpose, and having found a key thereto, works out the difficulty to its end, he brings into relief the true meaning of service for humanity.
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WHAT DOES THE WORK?

Annie M. Knott

The crucial question for those who are sufficiently interested in Christian Science to investigate its teachings, naturally is, What does the work?
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"FREEDOM TO WORSHIP GOD"

Archibald McLellan

A number of newspapers have commented upon the quandary in which a certain church in New Jersey found itself placed by reason of the application of one of its members for a letter of dismissal and recommendation to the local Christian Science church, and most of them have taken the very sensible view that the dismissal of the member was something to which he was entitled by right, and the question whether or not he should be recommended to the Christian Science church or any other church was of minor importance.
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"THY KINGDOM COME."

Annie M. Knott

Do any question that the ultimate good, for which all mankind hope, will be realized?
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THE ONENESS OF TRUTH

John B. Willis

In identifying Truth with God, Christian Science gives the supreme statement and proof of the oneness of all truth,—that in the whole realm of the divine manifestation there are no contradictions, no discordant forces or laws.
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THE HELPING HAND NOT WITHHELD

Archibald McLellan

A writer in the Evening Telegram of Portland.
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HEALING AND HUMANITARIANISM

John B. Willis

Concerning no other matter, perhaps, have Christian Scientists been more frequently and more grievously misjudged than with respect to their attitude toward the humanitarian spirit which has made such wondrous advance in the last half century.
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HABIT

Annie M. Knott

We are all familiar with the expression, "force of habit," though we may not have thought much regarding its significance.