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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.

For centuries men have carried on a ceaseless search for means of obtaining health and peace. Then why are sin and disease still apparent and strife between men and nations not abated? Because many have sought emancipation from these evils largely through matter or material means and by prayer to an "unknown god.

We glorify God when we catch a glimpse of His splendor, beauty, and power and live so as to express His qualities. We go from glory to glory as we catch clearer glimpses of reality.

It is not always realized that the words gratitude and grace have the same Latin root. One of the dictionary definitions for "grace" is in part "a free gift of God to man.

Every Christian Scientist is learning the wonderful lesson that the determining power of his human experience always lies in his own hands. What does this mean? It means that a suggestion of evil never comes that cannot be annulled.