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WHAT a wonderful creation is man as understood in Christian Science: his being a compound of divine qualities, his heritage an inexhaustible blessing, his future a continuity of harmony! The first chapter of Genesis states that God created man. Man, the creation of Spirit, did not, then, evolve from materiality.

HUMANITY continually seeks to possess that which is real, that which is. Frequently this seeking is impelled by a desire for a perfect physical body.

IN Christian Science we understand that infinity cannot help being demonstrated, because demonstration is included in infinity itself. The Christian Scientist demonstrates infinity as the law of God, forever operating to unfold divine ideas, which, in turn, meet the human need.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE is freeing many people from the mental malady called hurt feelings, which, until overcome, often leads to irritation, ill-will, hatred, and sometimes revenge. From this sordid mental seedbed frequently evolve physical disorders which resist removal until the mental state they objectify is corrected.

In the Bible we find this wise counsel ( Matt. 6:19, 20 ): "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.

Has common consent fastened on someone the stigma of mercurial or unpredictable temperament? According to the teachings of Christian Science, man, the spiritual likeness of God, inherits from his heavenly Father only Godlike qualities. What are some of these qualities? Wisdom, steadfastness, and, above all, love come to mind at once.

The Christian Scientist's constant prayer is to rise above the generally accepted beliefs which compose what Mrs. Eddy has called mortal mind, the fictitious, temporal mind of which she writes in Science and Health ( p.

Superficially considered, a home may seem to be a material structure. But scientifically understood, our true dwelling place is wholly spiritual.

Jesus of Nazareth began his healing ministry "preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand" ( Mark 1:14, 15 ). The Master perceived that the kingdom of God is ever untouched by the claims of mortality.

According to one theory of modern psychology, the blame for present difficulties of the individual lies hidden in his past history. It is believed that by ferreting out past darkening events, bringing them from the so-called unconscious into the present consciousness and re-experiencing the emotions they aroused, the individual can be helped to correct his present difficulties.