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Which shall it be for me, true worship or idolatry? Each individual makes his own choice. No one can decide for another.

The word realistic is a current favorite among journalists and public speakers. It is rare, indeed, for any of us to go through a day's experience without repeated admonitions to be realistic; and measures of general interest, like laws and treaties, have come to be judged, in large part at least, on the basis of whether they have or have not been realistically conceived.

Isaiah indicated a way of solving one's problems. He said ( 12:3 ), "Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

The Christian Scientist is engaged in gaining an ever clearer understanding of what constitutes his true being from the standpoint of spiritual truth. Early in his study of the Scriptures and of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, he achieves a constantly growing understanding of God's allness.

Fear follows the mortal belief that good can be absent from man. It arises from the mistaken concept that man is both material and spiritual, both evil and good.

Jesus distinguished himself from those who might claim to be the Christ and proved that he was the Messiah by healing the sick, cleansing the lepers, raising the dead, and casting out devils. In the Historical Sketch (Manual of The Mother Church by Mary Baker Eddy, p.

Students of Christian Science are grateful for the fact that their Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, has restored in this age through Christian Science the practical vitality of Christ Jesus' teaching. By proof after proof they have demonstrated this beyond a shadow of doubt.

Christ Jesus not only brought a message to mankind, but made that message practical by actually liberating men from sin, sickness, and death. The master Christian taught spiritual truths to his earth-weary followers; but the genius of his message, which made its import eternal, was the great fact that he demonstrated its power to heal all manner of disease.

Everything God made is perfect now, and His ideas, abiding in Him, dwell together in one majestic concord. Consequently there is, in reality, nothing in God and His creation that needs to be purged.

In loving remembrance of the invitation Christ Jesus gave his disciples on the shore of the Sea of Tiberias, the student of Christian Science recognizes that he too is being offered a wonderful feast of good things. The invitation, "Come and dine" ( John 21:12 ), partake of the things of the Spirit, the Scientist eagerly accepts.