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On the largest bell of the chime of bell installed in the Extension of The Mother Church, Mary Baker Eddy had the following inscription placed: "The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts 1906 Founded on Love" The account is recorded in that most interesting book, "The Mother Church Extension," by Margaret Williamson (pp. 65,66).

Anyone who has come upon a fragile snowdrop which has pushed its lovely head above late winter snows into the winds of spring has likely thought, "There's courage for you!" Steady courage makes a strong appeal to people. It has caused many a one to lift his head above the storms of earth and to press on and up like the snowdrop.

Some people express surprise that Christian Science, as a religion, should give so much importance to the healing of disease. Many, in fact, accepting conventional doctrines, consider that religious and therapeutical questions are unrelated.

In the latter part of the nineteenth century Christian Science was discovered by Mary Baker Eddy. During the first half of the twentieth century leading material scientists were breaking out of age-old concepts concerning matter and the so-called material universe; human thought was yielding to the eternal impetus of Truth.

God, Love, is the all-nourishing One who blesses and sustains the whole family of man. In the forty-fifth chapter of the book of Isaiah we read ( verse 5 ), "I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me.

The terse three-word question, "What is man?" frequently comes to the inquiring thought. It is not a new question, for centuries ago the Psalmist sang ( Ps.

Good flows from God, divine Love, and is, like Love itself, limitless and ever available. In recognition of God's all-encompassing goodness, King David sang ( I Chron.

Students of Christian Science know that spiritual man includes proper place and proper employment. The problem of demonstrating this fact in our daily lives continually confronts us, and sometimes it seems to be very difficult.

The qualities of honesty, uprightness, and justice have characterized religious men in every age. The spiritually-minded are described in the Bible as "the congregation of the righteous" ( Ps.

Many of us experience a feeling of nearness to God when we find ourselves at the summit of a high mountain. Purity is felt in the very air and is symbolized by the white snow at one's feet.