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A Counsel of perfection! Sometimes this expression seems to be used in a rather sad, depreciatory way, as though counseling perfection might be likened to wishful thinking. But perfection is not an impossible ideal, since among the commands of the master Christian we find these words ( Matt.

" Remember , thou canst be brought into no condition, be it ever so severe, where Love has not been before thee and where its tender lesson is not awaiting thee. Therefore despair not nor murmur, for that which seeketh to save, to heal, and to deliver, will guide thee, if thou seekest this guidance.

The light of God's radiant being expressed by the Christ dawned upon Isaiah when he said ( Isa. 60:1 ), "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

Eternal Life, free from all material, unreal restrictions, is the true Light and substance of all. This substance becomes apparent through Christian Science, the law of divine Principle.

When news came to Paul that the little Christian church which he had founded in Galatia was wavering in its faith and loyalty, he wrote to it the stirring epistle called "Galatians" in the New Testament of the Holy Bible. This epistle, though written some nineteen centuries ago, is quite as valuable to us today as it was to those pioneer Christians of the first century.

Mankind is constantly searching for that which will better human conditions. True education can do this.

In answer to the question, " Is anything real of which the physical senses are cognizant?" Mary Baker Eddy writes (Unity of Good, p. 8 ): "Everything is as real as you make it, and no more so.

Progress in our church work must always be founded on spirituality, for the basis of all church activity is spiritual. The real Church must be erected in the heart and the understanding.

Many ask, "How and when was matter created?" A careful perusal of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, shows us that material life is in the nature of a dream. Often in the Bible we find exhortations to awake.

Christ Jesus often spoke in parables to his disciples and the multitudes. Such narratives, from which spiritual truths are drawn, enabled his followers to see clearly that they could apply the truth in their own experiences.