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The theology of Christian Science includes the healing of sickness as well as of sin and by the same spiritual means. Physical healing is not the more important, but it does illustrate the signs which follow the reformation of thought and action.

The challenge of church activity is a spiritual one. Mary Baker Eddy defines "Church" on page 583 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" in two parts.

Mary Baker Eddy states a fundamental teaching of Christian Science in these lines from "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 492 ): "For right reasoning there should be but one fact before the thought, namely, spiritual existence.

The Christ, which reveals the right idea of everything, is never, to spiritual sense, veiled or obscured, never enveloped in materiality, which claims to be either good or bad. The Christ is always present, showing forth eternal perfection in the form, outline, color, and in the being of spiritual man, the only real man.

Mary Baker Eddy expected her followers to keep abreast of the times. This may indicate that Christian Scientists should grow in the understanding and demonstration of Truth's revelation to their Leader so that they may keep pace with the spiritual opportunities and demands of advancing ages.

The tiny seedling holds a promise. As it germinates, pale shoots push upward through the earth; then new leaves reach out to the sunlight, the stem lengthens, and at last the flower blooms in full perfection.

One of the most comforting chapters in the Bible is the ninety-first Psalm. Its loved verses come to one's thought innumerable times as the need arises for comfort, guidance, and protection.

Deep within the heart of almost every individual lies the desire for self-expression, for purposeful living, for some measure of attainment in his chosen field of endeavor. This desire is not necessarily based upon vanity or self-aggrandizement, because the sole reason for man's being is to express God, the divine Mind, who created him.

In many progressive industrial organizations there is an important department called "Quality Control. " The purpose of this department is to maintain a constant control of the perfection of the items produced.

Many students of Christian Science find ever fresh joy in the daily, prayerful contemplation of the seven synonyms for God, given on page 465 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. Her reply to the question, "What is God?" is as follows: "God is incorporeal, divine, supreme, infinite Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Life, Truth, Love.