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David sang ( Ps. 16:6 ), "The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

Mary Baker Eddy states in "Miscellaneous Writings" ( pp. 367, 368 ): "The senses would say that whatever saves from sin, must know sin.

The author points out that we can compassionately meet human needs by starting with the divine, relinquishing personal sense, and embracing “the new man, God's likeness.”

" Dear readers, our Journal is designed to bring health and happiness to all households wherein it is permitted to enter, and to confer increased power to be good and to do good. " Mary Baker Eddy thus clearly and simply defines the purpose of The Christian Science Journal on page 262 of "Miscellaneous Writings.

It is safe to say that one of the best known and most widely quoted passages in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, is "the scientific statement of being," which declares in part ( p. 468 ): "There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter.

Two students of Christian Science one day were discussing the practicality of spiritual understanding—its ability to meet all human needs. One of the students quoted our Leader's words (Miscellaneous Writings, p.

Those struggling with a sense of doubt may hear the same question that Moses did: "What is that in thine hand?" ( Ex. 4:2.

The full implication and practical effect of man's God-given dominion are sometimes lost to the student of the Bible. Mistaking the Adam and Eve allegory (Gen.

After hearing reports of sickness in the neighborhood where she lives, a student of Christian Science recognized the unreality and powerlessness of the errors, then asked herself by way of reassurance, "How can the Christian Scientist feel sure that he is protected from prevalent false beliefs?" Instantly there came to her thought the words "the life-preserving power of spiritual understanding. '" The student then saw clearly that spiritual understanding, derived from the careful, systematic study of Christian Science, acts as a life preserver by making one able to protect himself from error of every sort and to live harmoniously.

Mary Baker Eddy says in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 504 ), "The rays of infinite Truth, when gathered into the focus of ideas, bring light instantaneously, whereas a thousand years of human doctrines, hypotheses, and vague conjectures emit no such effulgence.