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Every absolute truth which is understood, every spiritual idea which is cherished, every thought of divine Love which is entertained, must have its correlative manifestation to the human senses as an improved belief or as a healing wrought by the revelation of the Word, known today as divine Science. In a message to the members of the Christian Science church in Concord, New Hampshire, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, included this arresting statement: "Christian Science healing is 'the Spirit and the bride,'—the Word and the wedding of this Word to all human thought and action,—that says: Come, and I will give thee rest, peace, health, holiness" ( The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p.

ACCORDING to human thought, one view of compensation is the substituting of something desirable for something that is undesirable or unattainable. Thus it is believed that a struggle with a sense of inferiority may, under certain circumstances, lead one to self-improvement.

WE often use the words "a student of Christian Science" in referring to ourselves or to another individual. In view of the frequent use of these words, let us consider the depth of meaning contained in them so that we may not use them lightly.

FAITH , anchored in a spiritual understanding of God, is necessary if we are properly to apply God's law to our human problems. In his Epistle, James asked, "What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?" ( James 2: 14.

THERE is a deep yearning among earnest students of Christian Science, and among mankind in general, for Truth. This includes the true sense of any situation confronting them, whether it be a business problem, a social or family relationship, a physical condition, or any other phase of human experience.

THROUGH spiritual grace, or the manifestation of God's love for His creation, the power of the Christ ideal is evidenced in human experience. Jesus so loved and expressed the nature of the Christ ideal that its gracious impartiality has become the standard of Christian brotherhood.

IN Miscellany, Mrs. Eddy writes these inspiring words to a branch Church of Christ, Scientist: "The praiseworthy success of this church, and its united efforts to build an edifice in which to worship the infinite, sprang from the temples erected first in the hearts of its members—the unselfed love that builds without hands, eternal in the heaven of Spirit.

A CHILD of about eight years of age attended a Wednesday evening testimony meeting in a Church of Christ, Scientist, for the first time. She had heard from her parents and her older brothers and sisters about the meetings, and at this, her first experience, she rose and in a clear, sweet voice expressed gratitude for a healing they had had in the home that week.

A PROVERB states: "If you would know where you are going, you must know where you came from. " How true this proverb is when examined in the light of Christian Science.

AT a time when wonderful discoveries are being made in the realms of physics and astronautics, the fact that Christian Science is a true scientific discovery in the realm of Spirit is beginning to dawn upon mankind. In her book "Retrospection and Introspection," Mrs.