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Christian Science shows that prayer is a reaching out of the heart toward a better sense of existence, one free from all uneasiness, and that it can also fulfill this desire of the heart, thanks to the power which puts prayer into action. What is this power, and where does it come from? Jesus exercised it better than anyone else.

Jesus knew that his kingdom was not of this world. He said ( Luke 17:21 ), "The kingdom of God is within you"; in other words, it is attainable in proportion to one's understanding of God and of man's relationship to Him.

Why do Christian Scientists express their gratitude to God for the life-work of Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science? Because they have been so greatly blessed by her teachings. Their gratitude is not one of personal adulation.

Under the marginal heading "Spiritualized consciousness" on page 14 of Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy declares: "Become conscious for a single moment that Life and intelligence are purely spiritual,— neither in nor of matter,—and the body will then utter no complaints.

It would be impossible for anyone to estimate the influence of prayer on the lives of men. History records many forms of prayer; but it has not recorded, and never can record, the comfort, peace, and inspiration that the individual has gained through his prayers—audible, silent, or unexpressed.

It is normal for individuals to desire to attain perfection in their chosen fields. Christ Jesus gave this command: "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect" ( Matt.

For years athletes tried to run what they called the four-minute mile, that is, to run the distance of one mile in four minutes or under, but without success. Why is this? Simply because during all those years at the back of the athletes' minds was the thought, conscious or unconscious, that the deed could not be done.

The consecrated study of Christian Science soon discloses to the student that the healing of the body is incidental to a change of thought. He learns that any discordant condition originates in thought; that wrong thought is always the culprit, and that matter, being the subjective state of mortal mind, is neither intelligent nor discordant of itself.

Once in a while you run across somebody who says: "Christian Scientists? Oh, yes, they're those people who say, 'You're not sick; you just think you are. '" Nothing could be farther from a definition of a real Christian Scientist.

The Christian Scientist's allegiance is to God alone and to the truth of being. He cannot believe in the genuineness of both matter and Spirit or obey both material law and the law of Spirit.