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Editorials
" GOD hath spoken once; twice have I heard this: that power belongeth unto God. " These words of the sixty-second Psalm accurately express how the Christian Scientist regards the power of Deity.
ONE of the latest dictionaries defines "diagnosis" as "the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition; the decision reached from such an examination; hence, any analogous examination or analysis" (New Century Dictionary). The word "diagnosis," therefore, can be applied to an analysis or examination of data or indications for the purpose of drawing conclusions incidental to a Christian Science treatment.
ON page 457 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy writes: "The Scientist's demonstration rests on one Principle, and there must and can be no opposite rule.
THE presidents and princes at the court of Darius induced their king to sign a decree consigning to the den of lions anyone who should ask a petition of "any God or man" save the king, and to confirm it "according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. " This decree, together with the death penalty to be meted out to whoever should refuse to worship a human monarch, was proved void in the case of Daniel.
" UNITY is the essential nature of Christian Science. " Mrs.
In Genesis it is written, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. " Interpreting the above statement, Mrs.
As an understanding is obtained of Christian Science one comes to regard what are termed the past, the present, and the future very differently from what one did previously. For example, the past, humanly regarded, used to be considered very real so far as our lives were concerned, something very definite on which we believed they were dependent.
In one of the latest dictionaries, a specialist is defined as "one who devotes himself to one subject, or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit; especially, a medical practitioner who devotes his attention to a particular class of diseases, etc. " (New Century Dictionary).
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE is available for all to understand and practice. Its teachings, which are set forth in the Bible and in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, may be grasped by any student who sets bias aside and approaches the study in sincerity and humility.
ON page 22 of "Retrospection and Introspection" Mrs. Eddy writes: "God is over all.