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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.

Mrs. Eddy does not employ the term "subconscious" in her writings, but she uses the word "unconscious" and the expressions "latent belief," "latent error," "latent in thought," and other similar phrases.

The word "benevolence" implies active goodness. Benevolence, goodwill, charitableness, must always find expression.

One of the greatest needs on earth today is true friendship among men and nations. The discernment of spiritual good brings such friendship to light.

At a time when her income was curtailed, a student of Christian Science needed to meet a large household expense in just a few days. Through her study of the Bible and Science and Health by Mrs.

Reading is an art. Among dictionary definitions of "art" are these: "skill in performance, acquired by experience, study, or observation;.

In the Old Testament there is a prophecy of the coming of the Messiah, depicted by Isaiah in words that are both beautiful and significant. He states in Chapter 9: "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

To one who views a vast desert area for the first time and sees the endless stretches of barren earth, these words of Isaiah bring a sweet promise: "The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose" ( 35:1 ). After the spring rains the desert turns various shades of green, flowers appear, and the desert rejoices in newness of life.

Under the marginal heading "Practical Science," Mrs. Eddy writes in Science and Health ( p.