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One definition of "acme" is "the top or highest point; the culmination. " Christian Science is the ultimate, the culmination of Christianity, because it teaches scientifically how to live a Christian life.

The Apostle Paul wrote the Colossians that he prayed for them that they "might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness" ( 1:10, 11 ). In the first chapter of ( Gal.

Goodness is the only real protection from the world's evil. Where love of God, good, impels our thoughts and action, we open the way for protection beyond the ability of fallible material means to bestow.

Many people keep a record of their forthcoming engagements, and sometimes they add afterwards a commentary, setting down their impressions of these events. The record of human events is of interest to the student of Christian Science, but he is more concerned with the unfoldment of spiritual ideas than with the history of material events as such.

Probably every intelligent individual ponders the following questions: What is the reason or justification for my existence on earth? and, Must I die in order to be released from the trials and tribulations of this world, and to find harmony? In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy writes ( p. 486 ): "Earth's preparatory school must be improved to the utmost.

In the Bible is the familiar account of Moses' appearance before Pharaoh and of Moses' demand that the children of Israel be released from the slavery to which they had been subjected for many years. Moses had been reluctant to undertake this mission but had been divinely shown that he must do it and that he could do it.

Mortals are educated to believe that their happiness and enjoyment of life are, in a large measure, dependent on the five physical senses. The faculty of hearing, for instance, is considered necessary in order that mortals may more easily conduct their daily affairs, quickly communicate with their friends, and be aware of essential sounds.

The Psalmist said ( Ps. 119:165 ), "Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

Christ Jesus loved little children. He perceived their ability to grasp and to use spiritual truth, for he said ( Mark 10: 14 ), "Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

In his most famous oration, Patrick Henry, the noted American patriot, spoke lines which have echoed through history, but it is not always remembered that he asked, near the end of this often quoted address: "What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have?" Perhaps no more stirring query could be directed today to the individual seriously in need of awakening himself to a challenge regarding his purpose in life, his true desires, motives, aims, and the extent of his earnest effort for their fulfillment. Paul epitomized his noble Christian aims for himself and for his fellow men when he wrote to the Philippians ( 3:13, 14 ), "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.