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Which has dominion, good or evil? Christian Science teaches that good has. It maintains that good's dominion can be proven in the face of disease, death, sin, failure, injustice, fear, confusion, limitation, hatred, deceit, envy, cynicism, boredom, insecurity, war, and other etceteras of evil.

Christians in general believe that life continues after death. They accept that aspect of immortality.

Shortly before his crucifixion, when speaking with his disciples of the overturning that would attend the second coming of the Christ, our Master, Christ Jesus, said, "When ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled. " Mark 13:7; The human need for the quiet understanding and assurance that Jesus required of his disciples is felt today on many sides as the spiritual forces at work in the world are bringing the evil elements in human nature to the surface to be destroyed.

Everything of benefit and blessing to mankind has come through the vision, purpose, and untiring work of individuals. And whether they have been reformers or pioneers, they have had such outstanding qualities of character as independence, integrity, single-mindedness, persistence, unselfed love, and great courage in the face of opposition and persecution.

Christian Science teaches that angels are God's messengers, or holy thoughts imparted from the divine Mind to human consciousness. When we apply this fact to interpret spiritually the angel visitations in the Easter story, the tender, comforting love of God for all His children permeates that drama anew.

Individuals can and do rise into the dawning light of spiritual resurrection when they are willing to lay on the altar what seems to be their most precious human possession—the mortal sense of self. This willingness must have as its constant companions uncompromising integrity, humility, and a sincere desire to put off the graveclothes of self-indulgence and self-justification.

In thinking of the music in our church services, whether in relation to the work of the organist and the soloist or to the singing of hymns, we would do well to consider what Mrs. Eddy says about music.

"Woman, why weepest thou?" John 20:13, 15; Twice was Mary Magdalene thus questioned that first day of the week when, in the early morning dark, she stood outside the empty sepulcher weeping. So great was her grief, her sense of love lost, her feeling of futility and despair, that even when she saw Christ Jesus standing near, she did not know him.

During his glorious interval of revelation on the Isle of Patmos, John was told to write what he heard and saw for the enlightenment of the churches. This divine revelation of Truth has come down to us through the centuries in all its strength and power.

When Christ Jesus entered the Garden of Gethsemane, he was accompanied by Peter, James, and John, three of his most trusted and loved disciples. But at a certain point he left them, and the Gospel of Matthew records that he himself "went a little further.