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When John the Baptist was confronted with the query, "Who art thou?" by the priests and Levites sent from Jerusalem to question him, he readily confessed, "I am not the Christ" ( John 1:20 ). They again asked: "What then? Art thou Elias?

Hoping to find some pretext for refuting Jesus' teachings, the Pharisees and scribes often asked him questions. Some-times they questioned him concerning tribute, or asked whether an adulteress should be stoned, or by what authority he did his works.

In the prayer which Christ Jesus taught us, called the Lord's Prayer, we say ( Matt. 6:10 ): "Thy kingdom come.

" Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?.

In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mary Baker Eddy gives seven synonymous terms for God—Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Life, Truth, and Love. While these synonyms are interchangeable, each has its distinctive nature.

God's thoughts are active. Omnipotence is their native air.

" If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you," said Christ Jesus ( John 15:7 ). Yet in spite of the magnanimity of their promise, do these words at times seem abstract, their meaning far removed from everyday life? Do we sometimes seem to ask in vain—to seek healing and yet remain unhealed? It is noteworthy that Jesus seldom made a promise or effected healing without either directly stating or indirectly implying the obligation involved.

We often hear reference made to someone's advancing years. Study of the word advance shows that the verb means "to move" or "go forward," "to progress"; and the noun means "improvement" and "progression.

Christian Science is daily proving to a waking world the practical healing power of a true spiritual conception of being. So effective is the Christlike method of viewing individuals, objects, and circumstances from the standpoint of spiritual truth that its practice has been successful in overcoming discords of every name and nature, including so-called incurable diseases.

" Jesus beheld in Science the perfect man, who appeared to him where sinning mortal man appears to mortals. In this perfect man the Saviour saw God's own likeness, and this correct view of man healed the sick.