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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.

Christ Jesus understood God. He understood that God's oneness and allness allowed for no division.

There is great need in the world of today for the message of Christian Science, a message filled with the hopeful encouragement of a completely practical Christianity. The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, and its branches in many parts of the world are engaged in presenting the Science of Christianity to mankind.

In a Lesson-Sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly , there appeared the story of Dorcas, a woman of Joppa, who, as the Bible states, "was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did" ( Acts 9: 36 ), but who became sick and died. Peter was at Lydda, not far away, and the disciples sent for him.

Those attracted to Christian Science find that it gives them something solid to cling to and implants in them a positive reliance on God for the first time in their experience, perhaps. Through study of Christian Science they learn positive rules which, when obeyed, remove human discords, establish harmony, and lead to demonstration of perfection.

Mankind appear to exist in a world where devilish forces constantly threaten their well-being, but students of Christian Science find in the following Scriptural promise a spiritual power that shields them from the presumptuous claims of evil: "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty" ( Ps. 91:1 ).

Holiness is a state of consciousness which each individual may claim as his own. The Bible makes this clear in the message which Moses received from God ( Lev.

A Rich inheritance awaits those who accept this reassuring statement found in the Bible ( I John 3:2 ): "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. " The spiritual truth of this statement is made practical through the teachings of Christian Science.