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" Open thou mine eyes," the Psalmist prayed, "that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law" ( Ps. 119:18 ).

A Friend who is a student of Christian Science related that some years ago after she had recounted to her family all that she had to put up with, what a hard time she was having, and how painful it was for her to carry on her duties, one of her daughters replied lovingly but pointedly, "Mother, I am not impressed. " The mother saw that this was the right attitude, for she certainly had no desire to imprint any belief of a real and awful error upon others.

There may come a time in the life of a student of Christian Science when he feels the need for giving special heed to the injunction ( Isa. 54:2,3 ), "Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; for thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left.

Universal salvation will not be won without due recognition by each individual of his God-given freedom to work out his own salvation. There are, of course, many who deny that any such freedom exists, who believe that the fate of mankind is predetermined either by an inscrutable deity or by human environment with its variety of determining forces and laws.

Christian Science teaches that healing and regeneration take place through a process of awakening. When the fact that man and the universe are spiritual replaces in the individual's awakened consciousness the fable of a physical man and universe, healing and regeneration are inevitable.

None of us need to resist learning. Why should we? The tree doesn't resist growing.

The need to differentiate between the real and the unreal enters in some measure into every activity of human experience. A high moral sense supports us in making right decisions; but the consistently accurate acceptance of that which is true and the rejection of that which is illusory require spiritual perception beyond the scope of ordinary human reasoning or variable sense testimony.

It is becoming increasingly clear to spiritually enlightened thought that there is but one government, that of divine Principle, and that this Principle actuates and protects all right human endeavors to express it. There is no outsideness to Principle, no escape from Principle's undeviating law and encompassing tenderness.

The crusades of medieval times appealed to the chivalric instinct of men and provided them with opportunities for adventure, penitence, and devotion. As military campaigns, the crusades were not effective.

God is good, infinite in goodness, mercifulness, and love. Because man is the image and likeness of God, he is identified by these qualities.