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IN " Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy writes (p. 403), "You command the situation if you understand that mortal existence is a state of self-deception and not the truth of being.

SOMETIMES a human heart aches because of something out of the past which torments it in the present. It may be an error of earlier years occasioned by lack of understanding, a neglect, a mistake, a sorrow, or a sickness.

THE Science of God's good government operates throughout the universe. God, the divine Principle of all being, fills all space and is actively manifesting Himself through His manifold ideas in perpetual harmony, law, and order.

SAMUEL greatly needed to think and act rightly. He was face to face with a project of tremendous importance to his nation: that of selecting a successor to King Saul.

THE Lord's Prayer embodies the revelation of the human and divine coincidence. This coincidence is an important point in the theology of Christian Science, for in revealing the allness of God, Christian Science reveals the nothingness of matter and declares with infallible logic that all that exists here, now, everywhere, is God and His idea.

Through the ages there have been wise and courageous individuals who have caught glimpses of the Christ, Truth, and have followed Truth honestly and consistently. Moses was such a one.

" I Will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord. " This precious assurance is given to us by Jeremiah ( 30:17 ).

Centuries ago our great Master, Christ Jesus, assured his followers that they could emulate his works. He said ( John 14:12 ), "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

Christian Science can overcome mental abnormality with the law of divine Love. Mental rehabilitation is effected by establishing in consciousness the allness of God, divine Mind, and man's oneness with Him as His image and likeness.

The symbol of a ladder leading heavenward has been used in the book of Genesis ( 28:12 ), where it is recorded that Jacob dreamed, "and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. " To one lost in the wilderness of mortal thinking, it is helpful to know that there is indeed a practical way out of his problems, a sturdy ladder upon which he may steadily progress toward the realization of heaven, harmony.