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One fully believes and understands only that which he has proved or experienced. In Christian Science, especially, that which we know and have proved through practical demonstration helps us to build an ever higher understanding of divine Principle, God.

" Are we duly aware of our own great opportunities and responsibilities? Are we prepared to meet and improve them, to act up to the acme of divine energy wherewith we are armored?" Mary Baker Eddy asks these questions in "Miscellaneous Writings" ( p. 176 ).

IT may be said that as one grasps the truths underlying healing power, he begins to utilize that power. The beginner in Christian Science who puts into practice the truths he knows will find his infant understanding ever increasing.

Everyone desires to compensate loss, from the small boy who has just seen his only penny disappearing into a crack in the sidewalk to the businessman planning his next move after receiving unfavorable financial news. Spiritually minded people of Bible times were able to nullify situations of economic distress, and Christian Science explains how we today can surmount impending financial disaster and wipe out the bitterness of monetary loss.

Usually in preparation for its lecture season, a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, appoints a lecture committee. Ordinarily the purpose of such a committee is to do metaphysical work for the support of the lecture as well as to make the arrangements connected with it.

A Few years ago it was necessary for me, in connection with work I was then doing, to attend and observe the national convocation of one of the great Protestant denominations. For a week or more I listened to devout, earnest men and women speak of God in terms that I myself would have used.

Christian Science teaches that man is immortal. It shows clearly that the real man in God's image and likeness does not undergo birth or death.

It is not difficult to picture to ourselves the quiet joy, the quick understanding, the tender compassion, and the complete assurance expressed in Christ Jesus' face as he moved among the people. We remember his invitation "my Father, and your Father" ( John 20:17 ), and we know that many sought him because of his outpouring love.

" That was a perfect piece of timing!" we hear people say of an athlete, a musician, a dancer, an actor, a flight contestant. All professional persons, as well as businessmen and homemakers, know the importance of doing things at the right time.

The Section of the Manual of The Mother Church by Mary Baker Eddy which provides for the establishment of a Christian Science organization at universities and colleges is entitled "Privilege of Members" ( Art. XXIII, Sect.