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Mankind is prone to classify individuals and to place them in certain categories. Men often depend on first impressions, form permanent opinions of others, sometimes negative, and adhere to their original classifications.

The Church of Christ, Scientist, is a healing Church. The revelation of Christian Science, which has come to us through our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, has again made practical the healing method so successfully practiced by Christ Jesus, by his disciples, and in a degree by the prophets who preceded our great Master.

" To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it" ( Rev. 2:17 ).

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.