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ONE of the many reasons for which the Christian Scientist has a deep and continuing sense of gratitude is this: his religion demonstrates that neither disease nor sin originates in what is called matter or physical structure. Contrariwise, divine Science proves beyond question in this age, as Christ Jesus proved centuries ago, that all baneful and restrictive bodily conditions are fundamentally mental and not material.

THE answer to the question ( Ps. 8:4 ), "What is man, that thou art mindful of him?" is found throughout the Scriptures.

A HUMAN organization called a church represents the states and stages of thought of the members. As each student of Christian Science raises his concept of Church and corrects his own thinking through spiritual enlightenment, he himself will experience improved conditions, and his branch church will grow and prosper.

THERE is a way of life in which good prevails over evil, health over sickness, and joy over sorrow. Each individual who seeks this good way finds it when he learns to understand God, to be obedient to His will, and to trust in His good plan for everyone.

THE question that presents itself to everyone one who has a goal to attain is, "What do I need to do in order to succeed?" Experience has proved that success in any direction includes, to a considerable degree, the ability to establish compatible relationships with others. But true compatible relationships do not include any element of human domination or the forcing of human will upon another.

FOR many centuries devotion of religious groups has been directed toward the unique family of three who, in the first year of Christianity, came out of Bethlehem of Judea, traveled into Egypt at the direction of an angel, and later settled in Nazareth. This family was composed of the newborn babe Jesus, Mary his mother, and Joseph of Nazareth.

THE patriarch Noah is a character of deep significance although we possess no definite record of the place or even the country of his birth. Of his father, Lamech, we know almost nothing, but his grandfather Methuselah has the distinction of having had a longer life than anyone mentioned in the Biblical records.

" LET your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven" ( Matt. 5:16 ).

MODERN living often seems to exert pressures which threaten dire consequences. To an individual struggling against such pressures, a breaking point may seem imminent.

THAT all Jesus' work was done by reflecting God is clearly illustrated in his thoughtful statement, "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work" ( John 5: 17 ). It was this vital concept of his oneness with God, his inseparability from Him, that enabled Jesus to be so effectively and effortlessly about his Father's business.