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Exploring in depth what Christian Science is and how it heals.

SELF-COMPLETENESS

Christian Science is the Science of self-completeness. It teaches that man is complete and perfect now.

MAN IS HELD IN ETERNAL LOVE

What holds man in safety? He is held perpetually by Truth and Love in the immutable harmony of divine Being, within the perfect laws of unerring Principle, in the infinite power of eternal Life. Christian Science teaches that God is man's only parent, his Father and Mother, his only real relative.

DO WE CRITICIZE SCIENTIFICALLY?

In Luke we read ( 6: 37-41 ): "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven.

ANOINTING WITH OIL

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.

FACULTIES OF MIND DO NOT FAIL

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.

"COMFORTERS ARE NEEDED MUCH"

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.

SPIRITUAL PERCEPTION, NOT HUMAN OUTLINING

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.

"BEHOLD, I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW"

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.

THE CHALLENGE: PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE

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.

"THE GUEST OF GOD"

" 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.