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Spiritual preparation on the part of each of its members is the way that a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, attracts the public to its services, lectures, and Reading Rooms. According to the organizational structure of the Church of Christ, Scientist, established by Mary Baker Eddy, its evangelical work is not delegated to a designated few.

What is a dedicated church? In part, it is a church edifice free of debt. The requirement that Christian Science churches be paid for before they are dedicated has attracted the respect and admiration of many.

There is always a lesson to be learned and a blessing to be gained from any difficult experience. Invariably we can find both the lesson and the blessing if we will but look for them.

For centuries men have believed that man is born of human parents, has a material body, lives in a matter universe, and is subject not only to a good God, but to the whims and laws of another power. Nearly one hundred years ago Mrs.

Quoting a passage from the book of Isaiah, Jesus said, "This people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them" ( Matt. 13:15 ).

According to the testimony of the five material senses, man appears to be the offspring of human parents, a mere speck in an immense material universe. Everything which he needs for satisfaction in the way of food, clothing, housing, transportation, companionship, seems to be outside himself and obtainable only through a more or less laborious struggle.

The Bible account of Jesus' raising from death the only son of the widow of Nain contains a lesson and inspiration beyond the Master's convincing act of restoring to life one who had died. We note that Jesus, his disciples, and a great number of people were coming "nigh to the gate of the city" ( Luke 7:12 ), but the funeral procession was going out; in other words, one group was approaching, and the other was leaving, the city.

Christian Science assures us that the evidence of God's allness and goodness is ever present despite the apparent contradictions of many material conditions and events, and it explains how to experience this good now. This teaching holds deep interest for those who yearn to believe in and understand God and yet need to see tangible proof that He is real and loving.

One may view, in certain museums, armor of the type worn by knights of olden times. Made of metal and completely covering the body, a suit of armor afforded the knight protection as he engaged in battle with his enemy.

One who believes material sense testimony thinks he is a corporeal personality in a material world. Discord comes from this false sense of things, not from a material cause.