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Of utmost importance to each one of us is the simple question, "What am I?" The answer to this question relates vitally to one's conduct, to his health, and to his demonstration of the harmony of true being. The orthodox belief that man is a miserable sinner acts as a millstone about the necks of those who accept it, and therefore they play out the part of suffering mortals.

" The robes of Spirit are 'white and glistering,' like the raiment of Christ. Even in this world, therefore, 'let thy garments be always white.

So certain was Christ Jesus of his coexistence with God that he declared with that glorious assurance which comes of spiritual understanding ( John 10:30 ), "I and my Father are one. " The desire to be at one with our Father-Mother God is fundamental in human consciousness.

In order to understand and evaluate material facts with maximum efficiency and to render decisions which bless and advance mankind, one needs to understand the completely spiritual nature of being. Mary Baker Eddy confirms this, for she writes in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.

Through the study of Christian Science we become aware of our true status as spiritual sons and daughters of God and know that we are now in reality perfect, spiritual, immortal. We awaken, therefore, to learn that mortal mind and mortal existence are not of God's creating and thus are wholly untrue and unreal.

One of the most valuable lessons learned by the student of Christian Science is the true meaning of Love. According to the King James Version of the Bible, in the wonderful thirteenth chapter of I Corinthians, Paul indicates clearly the utter impotence of any activity which is not based on charity; and he adds, "Charity never faileth.

Those who have not yet found Christian Science and its comforting assurance in these days of mounting human turmoil and misgiving might understandably echo the anguished and poignant cry recorded in Jeremiah (8:20,22) : "The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

In one of her beautiful messages to branch churches our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, points to the necessity of expressing the attribute of courage if we would gain the crown of life. "Immortal courage," she says, "fills the human breast and lights the living way of Life" (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p.

All Christian Scientists find helpful and inspiring Mary Baker Eddy's definition of "Church"' on page 583 of their textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. " The first paragraph gives the completely spiritual concept of Church, telling us that it is "the structure of Truth and Love; whatever rests upon and proceeds from divine Principle.

Christian Science is religion in the truest sense of the word. It is a way of living rather than a theory about life.