Accession: A10726A
Editorial Title: Our Ideals (Fear not little flock)
Author: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: July 15, 1888
Manuscript Description: Handwritten in pen by Mary Baker Eddy on unlined paper.
Editorial Note: Mary Baker Eddy preached this sermon at Chickering Hall.
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SubjectAs Written:Sub. Our Ideals Luke 12. 32.

Fear not little flock for etcLuke 12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Nomads

Fear subjugates power etc

Three words common to

Shepherd, Father, Mother.

Hebrew bard The Lord is my shepherdAs Written:sPs 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. .

In this oriental phraseology

The simile is complete but comparing man's faith to

The great Shepherd has built a tower that is safe for His flock. Its foundation is humility, its apexAs Written:appex is Love. Every stair leading to its top is a golden stair of love's different degreesAs Written:degress and these degrees increase as they wind upward

Father

Jesus All things are delivered unto me of my Father are no man knoweth the son but the fatherMatt 11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. Luke 10:22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

Mother

Solomon My dove my undefiled is but one she is the only one of her MotherSong 6:9 My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. Editorial Note: Song:6:9. The Song of Solomon is attributed to Israel's king, Solomon.

This my view Christian Science

Abraham said to Lot let there be no strife between me and thee between thy herdsmanAs Written:hedsmen and my herdsmen, for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee Separate. I pray thee from me! If thou wilt, take the left hand -- then I will go to the right or if thou depart to the right hand then I will go to the leftGen 13:8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. Gen 13:9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

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Sub.Expanded:Subject Our Ideals Luke 12. 32.

Fear not little flock for etcLuke 12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Nomads

Fear subjugates power etc

Three words common to

Shepherd, Father, Mother.

Hebrew bard The Lord is my sExpanded:shepherdPs 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. .

In this oriental phraseology

The simile is complete but comparing man's faith to

The great Shepherd has built a tower that is safe for His flock. Its foundation is humility, its appexCorrected:apex is Love. Every stair leading to its top is a golden stair of love's different degressCorrected:degrees and these degrees increase as they wind upward

Father

Jesus All things are delivered unto me of my Father are no man knoweth the son but the fatherMatt 11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. Luke 10:22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

Mother

Solomon My dove my undefiled is but one she is the only one of her MotherSong 6:9 My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. Editorial Note: Song:6:9. The Song of Solomon is attributed to Israel's king, Solomon.

This my view Christian Science

Abraham said to Lot let there be no strife between me and thee between thy hedsmenCorrected:herdsman and my herdsmen, for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee Separate. I pray thee from me! If thou wilt, take the left hand -- then I will go to the right or if thou depart to the right hand then I will go to the leftGen 13:8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. Gen 13:9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

 
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Song:6:9. The Song of Solomon is attributed to Israel's king, Solomon.