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The members of a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, have the distinct privilege of presenting a Christian Science lecture to the community at least once every year. It brings the message of the Christ, Truth, into the community as practical and demonstrable.

Our motives and the execution of them have a far-reaching effect on everything pertaining to our human experience. Therefore it is our privilege and duty to search out true, correct motives or incentives, and we must follow through by using them in our daily activities.

Mankind seek stimulation in many ways and for various purposes. Many people feel that an additional goad is beneficial to successful achievement in work or play, and some habitually use a stimulant when feeling pushed by time or circumstances.

One of the most challenging instructions in the Bible, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself," Lev. 19:18; was emphasized when repeated by the Master, Christ Jesus (see Matt.

As Christian Scientists we are daily learning to appreciate and demonstrate better the truth of Mrs. Eddy's statement, "He who has the true idea of good loses all sense of evil, and by reason of this is being ushered into the undying realities of Spirit.

When individuals join The Mother Church they voluntarily pledge their allegiance to the religious tenets of Christian Science, which Mrs. Eddy gives in Science and Health.

Christian Scientists consider it important to study Mrs. Eddy's instructions in the Manual of The Mother Church as well as in Science and Health.

"We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. " I Thess.

Sincere students of Christian Science seek to gain a clear view of the meaning of the birth of Christ Jesus and the impact of his birth upon past ages as well as upon the present. This holy birth in Bethlehem long ago was a quiet event.

Knowing the spiritual truths of God and of man's relationship to Him as His perfect reflection opens one's thought to the Father's loving care. The spiritual faculty of knowing transcends mere human optimism or hope; it is spiritual understanding, and it begins to develop in one's experience with the acceptance of Truth.