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What is identity? For the answer to this question, Christian Scientists turn to the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. On page 477 our Leader says, "Identity is the reflection of Spirit, the reflection in multifarious forms of the living Principle, Love.

In the thirteenth chapter of John an account is given of the Master's washing the disciples' feet. By this act Christ Jesus showed his disciples the way of humility and loving service to one another.

It is reasonable to suppose that almost everyone would like to heal as Christ Jesus healed. For not only did he heal so-called incurable diseases instantaneously, but these healings led hundreds who witnessed them to seek the Christ, Truth, which he expressed; and in this search their lives were transformed and uplifted.

The secret of the Lord, or the mystery of Life which men have sought to fathom, is revealed in Christian Science as the allness and oneness of God. His omnipresence occupies all space and contains within itself all that God creates.

The arresting words of the title appear on page 183 of "Miscellaneous Writings" by Mary Baker Eddy. These words form part of a sentence which reads: "Man must love his neighbor as himself, and the power of Truth must be seen and felt in health, happiness, and holiness: then it will be found that Mind is All-in-all, and there is no matter to cope with.

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.