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The popular teaching to-day, and from time immemorial, regarding heaven, tends to define it as a particular locality situated somewhere in infinite space, beyond the sun, moon, and stars, and to designate it as the abode of God and the faithful departed, where gladness and joy will reign forever. The Century Dictionary in defining heaven says, "In Christian theology heaven is regarded as the region or state of endless happiness enjoyed by angels and faithful departed spirits in the immediate presence of God.

In reading the Scriptures in the light of Christian Science the earnest student is continuously impressed with the perfect consonance existing between the sacred writings and the exegesis of their spiritual import contained in our text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy.

Harmony in music is expressed in the blending of tones that are concordant. In the study of this subject, it is of special importance that the basic laws of composition be well analyzed and understood, for in the proportion that this is done many perplexing problems will be made clear to the student of music.

One of the greatest obstructions to an intelligent, rational, and systematic interpretation and understanding of the Bible has been, and is yet. indeed, for many people, the hard and fast notions which have been entertained on the subject of the literal or verbal inspiration of the Bible, its absolute inerrancy, and the almost superstitious veneration and awe with which the book has been regarded merely as a book, a feeling which, in some instances, seems to fall little short of fetishism.

[Spiritual] Nature is the glass reflecting God, as by the sea reflected Is the sun. —Young, Night Thoughts.

Nothing is more frequently misunderstood regarding Christian Science than its attitude towards the phenomena of what is called material creation. The bald statement of the unreality of matter might cause a state of consternation in the thought of some people who are inquiring into Christian Science, though the premise from which this conclusion is logically drawn; viz.

My Beloved Brethren: —The divine might of Truth demands well-doing in order to demonstrate truth, and this not alone in accord with human desire but with spiritual power. St.

Probably every child when he first learns of God thinks of Him in a general way as being an enlarged man up in the sky or away at a distance. Many adult people have not escaped from the habit of thus thinking of God, more or less vaguely, as having a body like the human body, or at least as having a body with definite outlines of some kind.

Every student of the Christian Science text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, learns as one of his first lessons that Truth is eternal.

Christian Science is looked upon by many as no more than an agency for the healing of physical diseases. By the uninformed its claim to be a religion is overlooked.