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Over eighty years ago Mary Baker Eddy declared the allness of divine Mind and the nothingness of matter. She arrived at this conclusion from the facts that God, Spirit, is All and that His allness excludes the presence of anything unlike Himself.

How blessed is one who is contented, who loves his home, his church, his community, his work, and his associates, and who has a proper respect for himself! It is plain that true contentment is a quality of consciousness and is not contingent upon material conditions. We have all known those who have little in the way of material benefits and yet are rich in contentment.

" He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty" ( Ps. 91:1 ).

Christ Jesus was once asked by the mother of James and John ( Matt. 20: 21 ), "Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.

How familiar to the student of Christian Science is the admonition, "Stand porter at the door of thought. " It is found on page 392 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, under the marginal heading "Guarding the door.

Every earnest student of Christian Science knows that from the moment Mary Baker Eddy was healed through her inspired prayer, her life was dedicated to redeeming humanity. Inspired by God, her consummate love for mankind impelled the writing of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" and the founding of The Mother Church.

Today , more than ever before, the glamour of human personalities is being imposed on an ever-increasing number of people. Television, radio, motion pictures, and the sensational press project into the minds of a listening world the fallacious importance of material personalities.

Through the study of Christian Science many are gaining a better understanding of God and of man's relationship to Him and are proving for themselves the efficaciousness of this Science and its ability to heal the ills that beset mankind. In "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany," the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, writes ( pp.

One very important point in Christian Science is the doctrine of man's sonship with God. This significant thought, which resounds in the New Testament, is especially adapted to rouse the interest of troubled mankind.

The poignant cry of longing to receive sight, both physical sight and spiritual insight, has rung through the centuries. The outwardly blind and the inly blind have reached for the light that would lead them out of their darkness.