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" I just love. As the sun just shines, I just love.

Dedication is a fundamental and vital activity of a branch Church of Christ, Scientist. The very word "dedication," with its synonyms "consecration" and "devotion," implies a spiritual activity of thought that should underlie and characterize the entire church membership.

Mrs. Eddy states ( Miscellaneous Writings, p.

Emerson has said, "One of the illusions is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive hour. " In Christian Science we learn to withstand that illusion.

OF all the early Biblical patriarchs, Abram, later renamed Abraham, is unquestionably outstanding. Although the date and even the century of his birth are uncertain, there is good reason to believe that he appeared on the stage of history about 1900 B.

AT the time he received the Commandments on Mount Sinai, Moses must have glimpsed their true spiritual import and grandeur. The prophets and disciples, generally, understood the foundational character of the Decalogue, as is indicated in their many references to it.

THE student of Christian Science early learns that Mrs. Eddy's restoration of the healing power established by Jesus came through her discovery that this Science of the Christ was based on the spiritual fact of perfect God and perfect man, coexistent and eternal.

THE poet Longfellow wrote, Thinking the deed, and not the creed, Would help us in our utmost need. Thought and words, without deeds, do not prove the utility of a creed.

SPIRITUAL loyalty is a conscientious and trustworthy living of the spiritual facts of being. It is not enough merely to be acquainted with the truth.

MANY people know the marvel of living in a time of expanding concepts and scientific wonders. Material barriers are being surmounted, but this broad knowledge is not without its limitations.