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Words of Current Interest

Related to the Lesson-Sermons for November 1978 in the Christian Science Quarterly—Bible Lessons

From the October 1978 issue of The Christian Science Journal


A white stone (Rev. 2:17)

The Cambridge Commentary states: "It is said that there was a custom of giving a white pebble as a ticket of admission to a feast . . . . Again, a white stone was associated with special happiness; Pliny speaks of a glad day being marked with a white stone."

The pride of life (I John 2:16)

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