Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy
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is a glutton and a friend of the impure, and Beelzebub is
28:21 his patron. Persecution prolonged Remember, thou Christian martyr, it is enough if thou art found worthy to unloose the sandals of thy 28:24 Master's feet! To suppose that persecution for righteousness' sake belongs to the past, and that Christianity to-day is at peace with the world 28:27 because it is honored by sects and societies, is to mis- take the very nature of religion. Error repeats itself. The trials encountered by prophet, disciple, and apostle, 28:30 "of whom the world was not worthy," await, in some form, every pioneer of truth. Christian warfare There is too much animal courage in society and not 29:1 sufficient moral courage. Christians must take up arms against error at home and abroad. They must grapple 29:3 with sin in themselves and in others, and continue this warfare until they have finished their course. If they keep the faith, they will have the 29:6 crown of rejoicing. Christian experience teaches faith in the right and dis- belief in the wrong. It bids us work the more earnestly 29:9 in times of persecution, because then our labor is more needed. Great is the reward of self-sacrifice, though we |
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