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For those who teach or contemplate teaching in the Christian Science Sunday School, some statements by Mary Baker Eddy on page 454 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," will serve as a source of increasing guidance and helpfulness in this work. One of the sentences reads, "Love for God and man is the true incentive in both healing and teaching.

Every day one is confronted with the problem of making decisions. One frequently hears someone say, "I can't come to a decision concerning this problem," or, "I don't know which is the right step to take.

The beginner in Christian Science sometimes thinks of this Science simply as a panacea, which when brought to bear upon a discordant condition in human experience changes that condition to one of ease in his body and satisfaction in his affairs. That Christian Science does heal all manner of human ills has been proved many times; but the exchange of disease in matter for ease in matter is not the primary object nor the modus operandi of Christian Science treatment.

How many times has anyone reading this article heard someone say, "Well, I'll believe it when I see it. " When the nobleman came to Christ Jesus to ask him to heal his child, the Master said ( John 4:48 ), "Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

Mary Baker Eddy states in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 2 ), "Goodness attains the demonstration of Truth.

If someone were to ask, "How large is your income?" one would perhaps think the question presumptuous and too personal. But when considered in the light of Christian Science, the question, "How large is your income?" demands a simple, direct answer.

Since the dawn of civilization, one of the strongest human desires has been to achieve personal greatness. In all ages men and women dominated by self-will and selfish ambition have relentlessly striven to thrust themselves into the pages of history as among the greatest.

Christian Science reveals the true sense of love to those ready to receive it. Mary Baker Eddy says of love ( Miscellaneous Writings, pp.

The world regards a masterpiece as something of unusual excellence, such as a rare object of art. People realize that masterpieces are created by artists who have perfected an art or craft to the point where it is near to perfection.

Reconciled ! What does it mean? Does one utter the word with a sigh and feel that there will follow a period of dull adjusting and conforming? This negative sense may linger in consciousness because of some experience in which one has attempted to become reconciled to something less than God. The thought of becoming reconciled to God has a very different ring.