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In her principal work, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy makes this arresting statement ( p. 527 ): "Man is God's reflection, needing no cultivation, but ever beautiful and complete.

Jesus' words, "Your joy no man taketh from you," came directly after he had said to his disciples, troubled that they would soon see him no longer, "Ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice" ( John 16:22 ). Christian Science reveals the same Christ, Truth, which Jesus expressed, and it shows us that joy is spiritual.

In their Scriptural order, among the most inspiring and important documents ever written are the record of Abraham's life, the Ten Commandments, and the Sermon on the Mount. They show the primal and progressive appearing on earth of the eternal Christ-idea with its spiritual revelation of the truth of man, the way of its unfoldment, and the method of its demonstration among men.

Perhaps nothing is more needed in the world today than a correct understanding of the marriage relationship. Christian Science has surprised the world by its revelation and proof that there is a Science of living.

Throughout the years, with varying intensity, men have voiced the question, "Where is God?" and particularly when they have been confronted by some distress that human efforts have been unable to alleviate. They have sought Him through paths of dogma and down blind alleys of specious reasoning, but often the search has been motivated by a desire to localize the infinite, to humanize the divine; and therefore it has been, in the main, unsuccessful.

In Christian Science, church building is a continuous spiritual activity. With her discovery of the Science of being, Mary Baker Eddy was led to see the need of an organization by means of which to bring Christ, Truth, to the world.

Mary Baker Eddy was never in any doubt as to the value of her unique gift to humanity. As Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, she could view with childlike wonder the magnitude of her lifework and rest serene in the consciousness that God alone had enabled her to accomplish it.

Many years ago a small family came in sub-zero weather to occupy a primitive cabin on a northern wilderness frontier. Because they lacked experience, the fire in their rude fireplace burned out during the first night, posing a problem.

How often a verse from the Bible will open up a wide field of study filled with inspiration and practical value. An example is found in Hebrews, where we read of Moses ( 11:27 ), "By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

Our international daily newspaper, The Christian Science Monitor, is an important instrument for good in the world. It needs to be circulated and read more generally and to be better understood even by those who do subscribe for and read it.