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The Revelator, John, clearly discerned that all men would eventually be assured of the efficacy of divine Science. In the Bible we read ( Rev.

In modern society most individuals pride themselves upon being free of pagan idolatry, but can mankind unreservedly plead not guilty of Christian idolatry? Mary Baker Eddy sets forth the following healing message on page 340 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures": "One infinite God, good, unifies men and nations; constitutes the brotherhood of man; ends wars; fulfils the Scripture, 'Love thy neighbor as thyself;' annihilates pagan and Christian idolatry. —whatever is wrong in social, civil, criminal, political, and religious codes; equalizes the sexes; annuls the curse on man, and leaves nothing that can sin, suffer, be punished or destroyed.

An acquaintance once told me that he was too sick and too worried over his troubles to give himself treatment in Christian Science. I asked him if he was too distressed to be honest.

" Science is absolute and final," we read on page 99 of "Miscellaneous Writings" by Mary Baker Eddy. She continues, "It is revolutionary in its very nature; for it upsets all that is not upright.

When Christ Jesus was speaking to the people concerning John the Baptist, he asked them some questions, saying ( Luke 7:24, 25 ): "What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment?" Perhaps Jesus wanted his listeners to consider their motives in searching out John the Baptist. Was it curiosity? Was it to know more of the physical man? Was it in adulation of a man of substance? He did not wait for a reply, but repeated his question, "What went ye out for to see?" and added: "A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.

Every individual plagued with discords and frustrations, be they acute or chronic, can be transformed or "born again," as the Scripture puts it. The sure way to experience this regeneration is to turn to the Christ-example, learn the truths of being as revealed in Christian Science, and walk in the steps of the great Way-shower.

In her "Miscellaneous Writings," under the caption "Love," Mary Baker Eddy says ( pp. 249, 250 ): "What a word! I am in awe before it.

It was one of those rare instances when friend meets friend and talk takes an introspective turn. In the midst of discussion one friend said to the other, "Do you mind telling me what occupies your thought most of the time?" In an instant the answer came: "Steel.

Students of Christian Science prove its truths in different ways. One individual may find liberation from a physical ill as he discerns man's God-given dominion of good.

With the free world seeking an adequate way to defend itself against mental and physical aggression, it is well to consider whether a spiritual defense, based on the omnipotence of God, divine Love, is not the real answer to the world's problem. The Bible tells us that Esau and Jacob, enemies because of early treachery on Jacob's part, were reconciled when Jacob's materiality, avarice, and fear yielded to a spiritual sense of things, and he saw man as God's reflection.