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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PRACTICE: ITS ETHICAL ASPECT

UNDER the caption "Motive in Teaching" in the Manual of The Mother Church, Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, declares, "Teaching Christian Science shall not be a question of money, but of morals and religion, healing and uplifting the race" ( Art. XXVI, Sect.

Moses' Call to Deliver Israel

IN spite of Moses' thorough training in Egypt, and his apparent acceptance at the Egyptian court, he remained a Hebrew at heart and could not fail to observe the increasing oppression visited upon the Israelites. Eventually, finding "an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren" ( Ex.

"GOOD THOUGHTS ARE AN IMPERVIOUS ARMOR"

IN absolute Truth all is good, and there is no evil. Christian Science maintains that God is infinite good, creative Mind, the only cause, the sole source of all real existence, which is spiritual, perfect, and complete.

INDIVIDUAL DOMINION

AS never before mankind are seeking dominion over their material environment. Technological progress is advancing at an ever-increasing speed.

HANDLING THOUGHTS NOT OUR OWN

IN the Manual of The Mother Church, Mrs. Eddy gives the following instruction ( Art.

"YE SHALL . . . REVERENCE MY SANCTUARY"

REVERENCE for religious sanctuaries has been characteristic of humankind from antiquity. To the children of Israel in their wilderness experience, sanctuary was the tabernacle established by Moses.

DEMONSTRATING SUPPLY IN CHURCH AFFAIRS

THE absence of conventional fund raising activities in Christian Science churches and societies does not mean that the financial well-being of these branch church organizations is ignored. On the contrary, much consecrated and prayerful work is devoted by church members to the wise and financially sound management of the business affairs of their respective branches.

"DIVINE LOVE ALONE GOVERNS MAN"

IN the Church Manual by Mrs. Eddy can be found "A Rule for Motives and Acts," which reads: "Neither animosity nor mere personal attachment should impel the motives or acts of the members of The Mother Church.

GOD IS OUR FATHER-MOTHER

THE belief in human parentage, with its suppositional laws of heredity, is basically responsible for all human discord. Children are supposed to be born with certain characteristics, either hereditary or congenital, which predispose them to certain patterns of mental and physical development.

ORDERED LIVES

IN the world of today the pace is so fast and the demands on most of us so great that it seems almost impossible at times to maintain calm. Yet all of us desire this calm.