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John tells us, "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. " I John 4:18; How often the torment of fear seeks to press itself upon human thought, and how much we all wish to be rid of this torment! What is our remedy for fear? How do we free ourselves? Christian Science shows us that we overcome fear by turning to and relying on perfect Love, God.

Nearly everyone is taught from early childhood to say "Thank you!" If someone gives us a wonderful gift, one we may have been wanting for years, perhaps, wouldn't we feel it incumbent on us to say "Thank you"? Wouldn't we wish to be the one of the ten whom Christ Jesus healed who came back to express gratitude, rather than one of the nine who evidently didn't appreciate his blessing enough to return to give thanks? Those of us who are recipients of the greatest of all gifts, Christian Science, have the joyous privilege of telling others of the great good that has come to us. Mrs.

Christian joy is founded in large measure on the promises of God recorded in the Holy Bible. And often in terms of these promises the Christian Scientist finds a growing acquaintance with his heavenly Father as he progresses in the study and practice of his religion.

In Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy warns: "There is to-day danger of repeating the offence of the Jews by limiting the Holy One of Israel and asking: 'Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?'" Science and Health, p.

An editor of an agricultural publication was asked to prepare a presentation of promotional material by adapting an idea competitors had used. When the presentation was finished, the other editors and some of the advertisers thought it was good.

What is my responsibility as a member of a branch Church of Christ, Scientist? What are my duties, my privileges, my obligations? The important word to consider in these questions is the seemingly insignificant one, "my. " In examining our thoughts about church membership and church progress, we may find we have been prone to believe that problems and lack of progress are due to shortcomings on the part of some of the other church members.

Dear to the heart of the Christian is God's unchangeableness. We read in the Bible, "He is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

A man once gathered together his friends and spoke to them on the subject of life and happiness. He loved these friends, and because he himself knew the way that leads to a fruitful and happy life, he wanted to share this knowledge with those he loved.

It is recorded in the Bible that after Christ Jesus had delivered what has since been called the Sermon on the Mount, "the people were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. " Matt.

People everywhere are laboring under the conviction that substance is finite and that it appears as a part of life only during the span of earthly existence. This limited view stems from the belief that substance is material rather than spiritual.