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Christian Science enables its adherents to rise above mortal opinions and to be increasingly responsive to the facts of the divine Mind, God. In proportion as this is done, we are uniting with reality, and our experience will show it.

Corporeal self-consciousness is generally regarded as an undesirable quality or state of mind. It continually centers thought on material personality, on limited, selfish wants and aims, and it tends to preclude the broader, less selfish thought which is concerned for the well-being and happiness of others.

The prophet Jeremiah once asked the people of Judah at a time of persistent wrongdoing on their part ( 13:23 ), "Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. " Christian Science explains that no mortal characteristic should ever be looked on as so ingrained that it cannot be eradicated, however deep-seated it may seem to be, and takes this stand on the authority of the Bible statement that God created man in His own image and likeness—a pattern which can never be altered.

The Hebrew patriarch Abraham breached the wall of pagan mythology and proclaimed the revolutionary doctrine that there is but one true Deity, Almighty God. Centuries later, the fearless Moses, under God's directing, made another major contribution to the spiritual progress of mankind.

The complexities of our modern-day world, with its multitudinous economic, governmental, and social problems, sometimes cause people to look backward with nostalgia and remark, "Those were the good old days!" However, as one examines each period of human history, he readily sees that although the scene changes, the problems remain the same in essence. For example, taxation seems a heavy burden today, and many individuals feel that reforms of some nature are essential.

In Christian Science healing we might point to two important aims—the detection of disease and the destruction of it. But from the fact of God's omnipresence and omnipotence and of man's real existence as God's eternal idea, Christian Science deduces that there is and can be no disease, no evil power or presence.

Much is written and said today concerning patterns—patterns of life, patterns of behavior, patterns of success or of failure, patterns of health or of disease. And belief in such patterns has become at times a dominating factor in the experience of almost everyone.

It is natural that we should want only the best for those we love. As we enlarge our concept of Love, all mankind become progressively dearer to us, and we want the best for everyone.

The demonstration of individual church supply is in direct proportion to each member's individual demonstration of supply. The joyous gratitude and unselfish love of the members bring to each branch Church of Christ, Scientist, its true substance, expressed in affluence, growth, and healing.

In founding the Christian Science movement, Mrs. Eddy provided every possible avenue through which to make her revelation of Truth available to mankind.