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" Behold , what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. " These words from the first epistle of John (3:1) are read at each Sunday service in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, and are much studied and pondered by the members.

The members of a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, have certain duties and privileges. One of them is that of presenting each year at least one Christian Science lecture.

Whether we are aware of it or not, each of us is choosing a basis of operation many times a day. Each decision is the result either of our understanding of God as Mind, the source of all intelligence, or of our lack of understanding or false conception of God.

The honest seeker in Christian Science is a worker, not a theorist. We all, no doubt, have a great desire to experience the glorious possibilities of Truth, but are we always willing to demonstrate what we already know? When we are consistently practicing the truth, we are achieving more than an intellectual knowledge; we are gaining understanding.

We have an inherent right to know the truth. We have a responsibility to live in accord with it.

Christian Science has come to the world to dissolve all evil. It may be said to be the "pure river of water of life" of which John speaks in Revelation (22:1) and which he describes as "proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb"; it is divine Love's remedy for adamantine error.

For centuries men have believed and taught that the wonderful works of healing which Christ Jesus did were miracles. Christian Science teaches that they were not miracles at all, but the natural and necessary outcome of divine law in human experience.

God is infinitely individual. He is the wholly good divine Mind and cause of all that exists.

God is eternally good. His goodness is ever available to all.

" The truest art of Christian Science is to be a Christian Scientist; and it demands more than a Raphael to delineate this art," says Mary Baker Eddy on page 375 of "Miscellaneous Writings. " Comparing the practice of this Science with the practice of art is most illuminating.