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" Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. " This advice of Paul's ( Rom.

One of the most beloved narratives in the Bible is that of the journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem and the birth of Christ Jesus while they were there. It is recorded in Luke that "the days were accomplished that she should be delivered" ( 2:6 ).

" We , to-day, in this class-room, are enough to convert the world if we are of one Mind; for then the whole world will feel the influence of this Mind; as when the earth was without form, and Mind spake and form appeared," declared Mary Baker Eddy in addressing a Primary class in 1889 (Miscellaneous Writings, pp. 279, 280 ).

Students of Christian Science are grateful for the divine guidance and protection they enjoy through listening and obeying the still small voice of Truth, God. They have found that even in this age of great industrialization and material advancement, it is possible, even natural, to commune with God as simply and as directly as did the prophets of old.

At this period, great emphasis is being placed on the necessity of penetrating investigation of fundamental facts. This trend in human thinking is very encouraging to Christian Scientists, who are convinced that beyond and above all material investigation the one fundamental fact which will eventually and inevitably come to light is that God is All-in-all.

" Hidden electrical forces annihilating time and space, wireless telegraphy, navigation of the air; in fact, all the et cetera of mortal mind pressing to the front, remind me of my early dreams of flying in airy space, buoyant with liberty and the luxury of thought let loose, rising higher and forever higher in the boundless blue. " So wrote Mary Baker Eddy in an article now published in her book entitled "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" ( p.

One summer day, with the sun bright in the sky and the waters in the ravines merely a trickle, I made my way along the partially dry bed of a little stream. It was necessary to step around some stones that protruded like turtles' backs from the slate bottom.

Christ Jesus showed by parable the true sense of spiritual advancement and its counterfeit of self-aggrandizement. He said ( Luke 14:8-10 ): "When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room.

The question, "How do we resist evil?" finds an answer in the following words by Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science: "Goodness involuntarily resists evil" (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 210 ).

Christian Science presents the gloriously satisfying view of man as the individual, perfect expression of God. Man includes by reflection all good.