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In the Holy Bible there is a great book named for a woman—the book of Ruth. This book is a record of deep and unselfed love, moral courage, intelligence, humility, and obedience to spiritual law.

True happiness is unattainable without peace of mind. Yet how often mortals fail to recognize this fact as they humanly strive to surround themselves with evidences of good.

Freedom is not a matter of open spaces or of mere liberty to come and go as one pleases. Freedom is a divine endowment.

Most people have been taught to think of themselves as self-sufficient human beings, separated at birth from that which is believed to be their creative source. So, like a kind of storage battery, their energies and strength often become depleted.

One of the many great blessings which students of Christian Science are receiving is the ability to prove that supply is spiritual. Paul said in his epistle to the Philippians ( 4:19 ), "My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

The question, "Where am I going?" confronts everyone. It is a basic one because it involves an understanding of God and of man's relationship to Him.

The secret of serenity lies in the understanding of man's oneness, or unity, with God, Spirit, the one infinite intelligence. The glorious truth that man lives in God, embraced in divine all-encompassing Love, gives one unassailable assurance and poise.

The nature of true education has long been a favorite topic of discussion among writers, educators, and philosophers. Faced with the crises of an atomic age, present-day teachers have realized that factual education is not sufficient.

The annual meeting of a Christian Science pupils' association is not merely an event in time; it is a spiritual experience. Established by Mary Baker Eddy and functioning under the sacred provisions which she gives in the Manual of The Mother Church, the yearly gathering of the pupils of the association of an authorized teacher of Christian Science illustrates the perpetual renewing of spiritual inspiration.

Considered from the standpoint of Christian Science, dualism means belief in the reality of both good and evil, Spirit and matter, divine Mind and material mentality. This error of dualism would have us continue to believe that man's existence is at present material, but that through the process of human betterment it will one day become spiritual.