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" Love impels good works. " This declaration is made by Mrs.

A Christian Scientist may announce, "Now I am going to read the lesson. " He will profit from this activity to the extent that he actually means by his remark, "Now I am going to study the Lesson Sermon.

It becomes increasingly clear to the student of Christian Science that his understanding of this final revelation of Truth is closely linked to his understanding of its revelator, Mary Baker Eddy. Not just once but a number of times I have gained greater understanding of God's plan of salvation while contemplating one or more of the biographical works concerning Mrs.

Many nations are today much concerned about their defenses. In the military field they are spending many billions for this purpose.

A Good citizen is one who abides by the laws of the country in which he lives; and, by his obedience, the laws of his country protect him. One's higher sense of habitation is the recognition of the spiritual fact that man, God's likeness, lives in the kingdom of God.

In the third chapter of John's Gospel we read that Nicodemus questioned Jesus' statement about being born again. Jesus answered: "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

The use of the two-edged sword of prayer and scientific demonstration, of spiritualization of thought and its practical effects, underlies effective church work. Principle and proof, prayer and demonstration, go hand in hand.

Students of Christian Science are grateful for their increasing measure of understanding that man and the universe actually are the products of God, the only causative Mind. But to think of cause simply in terms of the past is misleading.

Brief as was the encounter between Abram and Melchizedek, recorded directly in but three verses in Genesis (14: 18-20), it suggests something of the close spiritual relationship between these two great men, whose work was to influence strongly the development of Biblical thought. The Salem over which Melchizedek ruled is generally agreed to have been synonymous with that famous city which reached its greatest fame under the title of Jerusalem—an identification suggested in Psalm 76:2.

As students of Christian Science, we must come to respect our religion as Science and ourselves as Scientists. Working as we must in the laboratory of divine Science, our equipment consists of an understanding of God and a knowledge of Him as He is, for in Mrs.