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The Bible and the writings of Mary Baker Eddy contain many exhortations to resist evil in its various guises and indicate the blessedness and joyous reward of obedience to such injunctions. For example, James said ( 4:7 ): "Submit yourselves therefore to God.

The student of Christian Science need A not be fearful or helpless before the elements, for he knows how to apply his understanding of the truths of spiritual being to the weather or the elements just as he applies it to any other phase of daily living. He does not attempt to control the elements; he recognizes that God governs all and that His government is supreme and kind.

Creation is the sum total of God's complete manifestation—from a flower to a star, from the earth to the cosmos, from the infinitesimal to the infinite. Creation is universal substance in all its variety, form, color, continuity, beauty, and glory.

The Bible tells us that God is Love. In James we read ( 1:17 ), "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

When one meets a friend or an acquaintance, he gives an immediate gesture of recognition or acknowledgment. This is a part of daily experience.

Mary Baker Eddy discovered and demonstrated the value of spiritual discernment in the healing of sin and sickness. For this she is entitled to the gratitude and appreciation of the whole world.

Christ Jesus was the world's greatest student and practitioner of divine law. It could be said of him, in the words of the Psalmist ( Ps.

Christian Science reveals God as infinite, All. Therefore He is supreme over all.

We gain spirituality as we relinquish false human ambitions, hopes, and desires to the will of God. If we are reluctant to do so, it is because we have not sufficient faith to trust God with our problems.

It is sometimes difficult for students of Christian Science to decide which duties are of primal importance in the daily order of living. Does not the temptation come to many of us to be like Martha, whom Christ Jesus described as "careful and troubled about many things" ( Luke 10:41 )? The pressure of family or business responsibilities, social or church obligations, sometimes causes one to neglect to emulate Martha's sister, whom Jesus commended thus: "One thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part.