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One Wednesday evening the writer drove home from the testimony meeting, held in a Church of Christ, Scientist, praying for guidance which would enable her to prove her dominion over error. For several weeks a painful knee had distressed her.

We frequently hear of the weakening or loss of faculties, such as sight, hearing, reason, or memory. This is commonly taken as normal and something to be expected as a result of advancing years; whereas the retention of all the faculties unimpaired throughout the span of human life is regarded as most unusual.

Perhaps never before in the history of mankind has there been such a universal longing for comfort and security. Presenting itself sometimes as a deep hungering, but also in less easily recognizable though equally afflictive forms, this longing is one of the principal driving forces behind the social behavior of our times.

The difference between spiritual perception and uninspired human outlining is clearly shown in Christian Science. Spiritual perception apprehends God's guidance and boundless care for His children; whereas mere human outlining presents something deemed desirable.

Christian Science confirms what the Apostle John recorded on the mount of revelation, namely that the spiritual creation of God, including individual man, is perpetually new. God, divine Mind, declared ( Rev.

In this age the depths of the sea have been penetrated, the stratosphere explored, and the atom split; but there remains a divided, quarrelsome world facing its most basic challenge: the harmonious relationship of men, or peaceful coexistence. The spiritual understanding of God, and of man pre-existent, coexistent, and coeternal with Him, can meet this challenge.

" Pilgrim on earth, thy home is heaven; stranger, thou art the guest of God. " Mary Baker Eddy writes these illuminating words as the concluding lines of the chapter entitled "Footsteps of Truth" in the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.

" God said, Let there be light: and there was light" ( Gen. 1:3 ).

When one considers the term "gravitation," thought may be inclined to turn towards the attraction between the earth and material objects and to the story of Newton and the falling apple. But mankind has long been intrigued by the ability of birds to overcome the earth's gravitational pull and to soar upward in the air, many of them with so much ease and grace.

Witness the effect of a gentle rain with its refreshment and encouragement in the unfolding of beauty and fragrance. See also the blustering rain that beats against the windowpane, flattens grass and plant, and threatens with blight both bud and blossom.