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A STUDENT of Christian Science who wants to gain a clearer understanding of substance, whether it be in regard to his body or his supply, will probably ask, "What is substance?" Mrs. Eddy writes in Science and Health ( p.

THE Bible is beloved as a compendium of religious literature, history, poetry, proverbs, prophecy, allegory, and instruction. However, it has scarcely been considered as a source book for scientific research.

IN the first chapter of Genesis we read, "God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. " In Science and Health Mrs.

OFTEN when a person, either through ignorance, apathy, or human will, is acting contrary to what is his normal behavior, someone will say, "Be yourself!" But what is this self that one is expected to be? Is it material or spiritual? The standard of normal human behavior differs throughout the world according to custom and education, and it is usually based on a material sense of self. However, there is but one real standard of selfhood for everyone, and it is spiritual.

THE Apostle Paul was much concerned that the pure simplicity of Jesus' teachings be preserved inviolate for all time to come. In his second letter to the Corinthian church he said, "I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ" ( II Cor.

Stealing was not normally considered by the Hebrews to be a capital offense; but when stealing was associated with kidnapping, especially with the sale of an individual thus kidnapped, death was indeed the prescribed penalty (see Deut. 24:7).

Teaching in the Christian Science Sunday School is a sacred trust. The Sunday School teacher is a modern apostle, devotedly and joyously engaged in equipping his pupils with the truth of God and of man so that they may go out into the world to meet successfully the intricate problems of the day and carry forth the gospel of healing as revealed in Christian Science.

Mrs. Eddy refers several times in her writings to the desirability, even the necessity, of bringing order into our lives.

In his letter to the Philippians, Paul said ( 3:13, 14 ), "This one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. " What an inspiration these words are to the earnest Christian! But one may argue: I see how desirable it is not only to forget what is behind, but also to have the courage to reach forward.

No human circumstance is beyond hope and healing. When the clamor of sickness, sin, discord, or failure comes with such urgency that it overcomes our sense of good, we can be lifted out of fear and despair by trusting in God and His all-inclusive and impartial love.