Articles

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.

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;.