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Christian Science teaches its adherents to rely wholly on the spiritual power of prayer in overcoming their physical difficulties. They learn to turn unreservedly to God for healing, if sickness, disease, or accident seems to come into their experience.

We hear a great deal about academic freedom. Usually this is taken to mean either the right to explore any subject and be free from censure or the right of any qualified student to study at public institutions regardless of race or personal associations.

Should one be tempted to believe that he has a problem which cannot be solved or to think that his situation in life is hopeless, let him consider these words of Jeremiah (32:17) :"Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee. " Why, then, assured of the unlimited might of God, does one seem at times to be incapable of demonstrating the harmony of his true being? That is, why does not the perfection of the man of God's making always appear in the form of health, joy, safety, abundance, and peace? Mrs.

Many people first fell the salutary effects of Christian Science in their lives through physical healing. But continuance in the study and application of its rules soon reveals the fact that physical healing is not the primary mission of Christian Science, though it is important as a demonstration of the power and availability of God to correct discords in human experience.

When Christ Jesus healed the ten lepers, as recounted in the seventeenth chapter of Luke's Gospel, "one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God. " Then Jesus said: "Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.

To describe a person as a practical Christian is highest praise. We think immediately of one who communes with God and practices the spiritual knowledge gained.

While perusing a copy of the daily press a student of Christian Science began to read what appeared to be an ordinary newspaper article, only to discover that he was actually reading an advertisement for an automatic dishwashing machine. This ingeniously disguised advertisement bore the improbable title, "Where do your dreams go when you have woken up?" The query prompted a line of thought as follows: whether or not we are Christian Scientists, we know the answer to this question.

The many types of communication in the world of today make it necessary for one correctly to evaluate these messages in order to protect one's thinking and behavior. A good example of how to do this was given by Christ Jesus.

Christian Science reveals the naturalness of good. Mankind, generally speaking, have accepted quite an opposite condition as natural.

Here are the opening words of the Preface to the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy: "To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings.