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It was "the wilderness of Judæa," from which the Baptist .

The first legal aid or hindrance experienced by the Christian Science movement may have been either an aid or a hindrance. In 1875, after Mrs.

The Bible teaches us that God made all that was made, that He "saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. " This statement of fact is unalterable.

In the study of Christian Science humanity learns the value — nay, the necessity — of establishing its thinking upon a sound basis, the bed rock of Truth. The individual who studiously approaches this subject begins immediately to recognize that superficial thinking or living is not conducive to success or happiness, and that ephemeral qualities cannot fulfill the imperative demands for practical demonstration gained through the consistent application of both the spirit and the letter of this Science.

When God revealed Himself to Moses and called to him from the burning bush, the sacredness of this spiritual revelation was indicated in the comment, "Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. " And when Moses asked His name, God defined Himself in that tremendous statement of fundamental being, of absolute supremacy, "I AM THAT I AM.

Teachers , officers, and students should find joy, enlightenment, inspiration, and progress through the Christian Science Sunday School. All the activities of The Mother Church exist that thought may grow more and more spiritual, and that all, including the young people, may gain an understanding of spiritual facts, their ever-availability, and the God-bestowed and eternal ability of each one to know and utilize these spiritual facts.

During the study of a Lesson sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly, a student of Christian Science was one day making a particularly earnest effort to grasp more fully the great truth that God, good, is ever present, and that evil, therefore, does not exist. Spiritual inspiration seemed to be lacking at the moment, and the solution of a problem was not apparent.

Self-Examination is not only helpful but necessary in accomplishing the transformation of human thought from the material to the spiritual. It is often furthered by questioning one's self.

When the night has passed and the first soft shimmer of dawn appears, songbirds begin their sweet twitter and greeting. This chorus is like some conscious expression of joy that darkness is departed and that light has come.

The wise man represents wisdom as declaring, "The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. " This is an encouraging message to the individual who has awakened somewhat to the knowledge of God, Spirit.