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Our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy, gives specific instructions for the healing work in Christian Science.

Perhaps no one subject presents so much interest to mankind as that of everlasting life. One of the great blessings that has come to us through the revelation of Christian Science is the knowledge and certainty that Life, being God, is eternal, and that man is ever the full, complete, and perfect expression of eternal Life.

Do we, by suffering pain in body or in mind, honor God? No, for whatever calls our attention to the body, to matter and materiality, dishonors God by making us believe in gods many and minds many, in good and evil, in Spirit and matter, in health and sickness. The belief that suffering is God's means for punishing us perpetually for specific sins committed in youth or in some later period of life is a remnant of outgrown scholastic theology.

Christian Scientists study the Manual of The Mother Church by Mrs. Eddy and endeavor to obey its provisions fully and faithfully.

In her Message to The Mother Church for 1902 Mrs. Eddy writes, "The energy that saves sinners and heals the sick is divine: and Love is the Principle thereof.

Love holds all the answers to individual and world problems. As each one demonstrates in his own human experience a purer sense of God as Love, he will inevitably improve his health and his relationships with others.

Everyone is entitled to continuing growth in every avenue of his life. Not only can his health be better, if that is the need, but he can have a greater feeling of security, problems regarding his work can be solved, and his whole attitude toward others can be enlightened.

The Apostle John felt so sure of God's existence that he wrote with absolute conviction, "God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God. " I John 4:16; Certainly if God is infinite, God's tender love is infinitely present and eternally manifests in infinite ways the Love that is God.

As we view our world today, what conclusion do we draw as to humanity's greatest and imperative need? In this age of scientific discovery old systems of human thought are being challenged, and the cherished beliefs of centuries are being called into question and discarded. This is true not only in the realm of the natural sciences but also in the realm of theology.

The meeting opened with the singing of Hymn No. 161, the words of which are by our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy.