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Today scientists who deal with various materials make experiments in tensions and pressures, stresses and strains. Many of the products with which we are familiar are graded according to tests that indicate degrees of strength and endurance under use.
If a Christian Scientist should believe or say that there is no mental malpractice, no transference of evil thought, and leave the subject there, or if he should believe or say that there is danger from mental malpractice and leave the subject there, he would be closing his eyes to the instructions of his Leader, Mary Baker Eddy. Mrs.
Mankind often tries to get from without what already is within. Why is it not seen that all of good is within? This is not a new thought.
Today the Holy Ghost is rousing the world, awakening mortals from the dream of life in matter to the infinite possibilities of Life as Spirit. Everywhere we see signs of peoples stirring, seeking to throw off the yoke of materialism with its limitations and bondage.
In this fast-moving world, chance and change claim to be uncontrollable factors in the lives of men. But Christian Science teaches that man, the reflection of God, is governed by Him, and the Bible records His message in Malachi ( 3:6 ), "I am the Lord, I change not.
Decisions are important. We must watch them carefully.
Writing in the Christian Science Sentinel of May 30, 1903, Mrs. Eddy said (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p.
Mesmerism or hypnotism is not induced always by one who professes to be a hypnotist. Subjecting oneself to the undue mental influence of others results in self-mesmerism and robs one of his God-given right to think for himself.
Christian Science declares that it is Mind, not matter, which sees and hears. The material eye does not contain the power of sight, nor can the material ear hold or withhold the ability to hear.
A new student of Christian Science once consulted a practitioner concerning a situation that to human sense demanded an immediate choice of one of several courses of action. The student listened while the practitioner explained that as a child of God one is already in possession of the divine wisdom and intelligence that are necessary in making right decisions.