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Many years ago the writer was traveling with friends by automobile over an unfamiliar part of the country. Toward evening we came to an unpaved and muddy strip of the highway.

Christ Jesus ' command that we should be perfect might seem to demand a high standard for his followers, and yet all thinking men and women are, in different ways, striving for perfection. Each is working out his salvation in the way he is led.

" And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend.

The real significance of the healing work of Christian Science is that it awakens mankind to the spiritual realities of being and to the knowledge of man's true individuality as the idea of God. Healing brings to human consciousness the proof that the truth of being is understood.

Christian Scientists stand on the truth that the universe is spiritual, that God made all, and that His creation is very good. They endeavor to obtain a clearer discernment of this universe, knowing that spiritual enlightenment will make evident better health and more harmony and abundance in their experience.

When the prophet Hosea saw the faithlessness of the Ephraimites and the other children of Israel, he reminded them of the loving care, protection, and guidance of God which they had experienced in such rich measure. He represented God as saying ( Hos.

Mary Baker Eddy loved everybody. She included in this all-embracing interest tender affection for all mankind, particularly little children, and for the lesser creatures as well.

Paul the Apostle spoke a great truth regarding man's environment when he said ( Acts 17:28 ), "In him [God] we live, and move, and have our being. " When rightly understood and applied, the liberating truth expressed in those words will bring healing and restoration through the elimination from consciousness of false concepts—concepts which, like shadows, may seem to stand between an individual and his enjoyment of that all-good environment which is his God-bestowed heritage.

The full, satisfying life, the happiness we all seek, can be found only in God. Many, not understanding this vital fact, have turned away from God, Spirit, to matter and are vainly searching there for serenity, for joy and love, for security and usefulness.

How to ensure adequate and steady supply is one of the most widespread and persistent problems of human experience. It has a bearing upon every aspect of existence.