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Christian Science affirms that home is a divine idea expressing the omnipresence and omnipotence of God, good. Home is not a material, localized dwelling place apart from man, but rather is it a heavenly state of consciousness which man, God's spiritual image and likeness, includes.

One of the greatest problems mankind has to solve is the sense of limitation. Limitation is a mistaken belief of a selfhood apart from God.

How wonderful it is on waking in the morning to turn our first thoughts to God—away from the erroneous evidence of the material senses to the true, unchanging, spiritual facts of scientific being as taught in Christian Science. Mortals have a tendency to ask upon awaking, "How am I this morning?" Perhaps the answer is that one did not sleep well, that he feels grumpy and tired.

" Behold , I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" ( Rev. 3:20 ).

In the spiritual record of creation we find this summary of completeness ( Gen. 2:1 ): "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

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.