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The Biblical account of how the children of Israel when led into the desert of Zin, which was without water, rebelled against Moses and Aaron and even questioned why they were brought into the wilderness is a story familar to all Bible students. Although the Lord directed Moses to take the rod and assemble the congregation before a rock and to speak unto them, Moses was angry because of the lack of faith on the part of the people.

All Bible students are familiar with the words of Christ Jesus, found in the eighth chapter of John, "If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. " Our freedom is dependent on our continuing in his word, on being active followers of the Master and of our great Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, who has interpreted his words and works.

Those beginning the study of Christian Science may sometimes wonder how it is that an individual can receive healing through a practitioner who does not meet the patient face to face. This healing of absent patients is an everyday occurrence in Christian Science; and a study of such a case, as recounted in the Bible, may be helpful.

There is not one person in all the world who does not want to be happy. No one is just content to know about good, which is God, but everyone wants to feel good, to feel God.

In the Bible are recorded many instances of healing by the prophets and by Christ Jesus and his followers. Many times the one healed, together with those recognizing the healing, glorified God.

Spiritual understanding of the Christ, God's divine idea, which is invincible and thus invulnerable to all the evils of mortality, enables us to challenge scientifically and to destroy the errors of material sense. Christian Science explains that it is material sense, not man, which appears to experience the false claims of sin, sickness, and death.

Recently the world was thrilled with the momentous news that two men had scaled Mount Everest and stood upon its crest for a few moments. This Himalayan peak stood grand and unconquerable, challenging mankind to try to attain its utmost pinnacle, till these courageous men, with the aid of modern scientific devices, finally achieved the goal.

" Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. " According to the Gospel of Mark ( 16:15 ) these words were included in Jesus' last command to his disciples.

In childhood I witnessed my mother's restoration to health in two Christian Science treatments after the doctors, because of a complication of diseases of many years' standing, had given her but one month to live. This remarkable healing brought our family and a number of our friends into Christian Science.

What a glorious thing it is to find that one's true being is the perfect outcome of God, divine Mind. Christian Science teaches that man's being is not a stationary, static condition of matter, but the ever-unfolding activity of Spirit.