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When the congregation is small at a Wednesday testimony meeting in a Church of Christ, Scientist, one is sometimes tempted to think, "If only our attendance were larger!" The implication is that the presence of more people would result in more testimonies. But is this truly the solution? The Bible says of the Christ ( Matt.

" The prominent laws which forward birth in the divine order of Science, are these: 'Thou shalt have no other gods before me;' 'Love thy neighbor as thyself,'" writes Mary Baker Eddy, under the title of "The New Birth" ( Miscellaneous Writings, p. 18 ).

The master Christian, Christ Jesus, said to his followers ( Matt. 11:28, 30 ): "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

As far back as the Scriptures record, men and women have sought spiritual light, and in proportion as human thought has been receptive, an enlightened concept of God and of His spiritual creation has unfolded to mankind. Spiritual light—divine intelligence—awakening mankind pushes on the ages to the investigation and comprehension of fundamental facts and inspires the world to seek ever-increasing spiritual development and power.

The writer once took a college course entitled "Types of Rebel Thought. " Christ Jesus was prominent among those discussed.

Christian Science affirms with Biblical authority that God, good, is All-in-all. From this premise it is logical to conclude that God is the infinite, divine Principle, Love, the one omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient Mind.

The free world is being pressed by circumstances to reorient some of its processes and aims of education. The accent is on the physical sciences, on technological knowledge, on invention and discovery, that relate to a more complete dominion over material environment.

In answering the question, " Can your Science cure intemperance ?" Mary Baker Eddy states in her book "Miscellaneous Writings" ( p. 37 ): "Christian Science lays the axe at the root of the tree.

A conviction of God's presence embodies power to enforce itself. The glory of Christian Science is that it supplies the base for this conviction and brings healing within the reach of all.

THE average individual spends a large amount of time thinking about his body —its weight, its appetites, its pains and pleasures, its beauty and appearance. When one becomes a sincere student of Christian Science, thought about the body begins to lessen, for he sees, in the light of this Science, that the material body is an illusion formed by the material senses and is not part of man at all.