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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.

The early Christian church was the outgrowth of Christ Jesus' teaching and was inseparable from it. The disciples' healing work helped to establish the churches.

" Rise in the conscious strength of the spirit of Truth to overthrow the plea of mortal mind, alias matter, arrayed against the supremacy of Spirit. Blot out the images of mortal thought and its beliefs in sickness and sin.

Friendship is one of the loveliest of all human relationships. As Oliver Wendell Holmes has written, Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays The pleasing game of interchanging praise.

Mrs. Eddy writes in Science and Health ( p.

Human thinking, embodying as it does the belief of both good and evil, needs to become spiritually fit in order to receive spiritual blessings and to enjoy them in human conditions and conduct. Mrs.

Recognition of the fundamental truths of Christian Science is essential if anyone wishes to progress in understanding his true being and that of his fellow men, as well as gain a fuller life and true happiness. The first and foremost truth to be recognized is that of God as He really is.

Naaman's contribution to the religion of the true God may not have been as far reaching as that of Jacob or Paul, but it is of great interest and encouragement to Christian Scientists. These three Bible characters had one important thing in common.

" As the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. " Thus God's promise reads ( Isa.