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At one time a student of Christian Science came to the realization that it had been her privilege to grow up in a home where Christian Science was the prevailing thought but that the birth of the Christ, Truth, in her own individual consciousness could come about only through her own clarity of thought and her own practical demonstration of this Science. As years passed and her sincere desire to know more of God deepened, she found that the new birth was taking place daily in her experience.

When Christ Jesus was confronted with his severest trial, the crucifixion, he turned in prayer to God. With these deeply significant words, he prayed: "Now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

As God's infinite idea, the Christ, Truth, begins to appear to human thought, forcing it to a change of base, there often follows a mental stir, or chemicalization. As material thoughts give way to more spiritually enlightened concepts, the counterfeit mortal mind often shows a recalcitrant resistance.

The word "success" occurs but once in the King James Version of the Bible. More noteworthy is the fact that the verse in which this word is used also sets forth the demonstrable way to true success.

The great need of mankind today is to understand scientific healing. Mrs.

Throughout Christian history resurrection has been associated exclusively with Jesus of Nazareth. For nearly two thousand years Christendom has benefited from the Way-shower's resurrection without understanding its full significance.

The Christian Scientist finds the basis for his standard of health in the first chapter of Genesis. This chapter makes clear that God made all that was made, that this creation was the product of His infinite self knowledge, and that it partook of His nature, which is infinitely good.

A vital demand of the times is this: that the Christian Scientist be more watchful, that he accomplish more—do more effective healing work on a larger scale and accomplish it more consistently. How may such a requirement be met? Discipline is an answer, the spiritual self-discipline that is inherent in the practice of this Science.

Christian Science is effectively meeting the challenge that faces parents and teachers in their work with children. Mrs.

In the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, we find this statement: "God has endowed man with inalienable rights, among which are self government, reason, and conscience.