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Christian Science is no longer thought of as a new religion, a seven-day wonder, soon to disappear into oblivion. Nearly a century has elapsed since Mary Baker Eddy perceived the ever-operative Christ-principle, recorded and illustrated in the Scriptures, and felt its healing touch in her own experience.

In human experience one often seems beset with many discords. He appears to be physical, subject to fear, disease, and a multitude of other inharmonies, and he feels incomplete.

Every statement of Christian Science is true and provable because it is both Christian and scientific, therefore inalienably right. Often a single scientific, right thought will bring healing.

We may be accustomed to think of human talents as belonging to certain individuals who manifest notable achievement in music, art, literature, and so forth. When the possessor of such a talent seeks to purify his life as taught in Christian Science and to improve his thought by striving to be more Godlike, he experiences the illumination of Spirit, just as the sunshine penetrating a cloud brings light.

The words from a much-loved hymn, "I need Thee every hour," express mankind's need for God. Humanity's need for God is borne out by Mary Baker Eddy's scientific discovery that man without God would be speedily annihilated.

The thought is sometimes voiced that a person's pattern of activities constitutes his way of life. This way of life, it may be noted, is at times harmonious and at other times quite the reverse.

Children do not drift into a working knowledge of mathematics or physical sciences. And the adult who recognizes Christian Science as the Science of being will find definite ways to help the children to learn this Science.

A most encouraging statement is given by our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 393 ): "Rise in the strength of Spirit to resist all that is unlike good.

Christian Science, being an exact Science, demands the understanding and practice of its divine Principle, God. A child, or one who has but faintly glimpsed the Principle of Christian Science, is able to heal.

When one considers the many years that the mortal body has been studied, analyzed, and operated upon, is it any wonder mortals question why there are still so many diseases and discords apparent in the world today? Christian Science answers this question with absolute conviction. In the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, this arresting statement is made ( p.