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" The time for thinkers has come," writes Mary Baker Eddy in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( Pref. , p.

In common with most people the writer was brought up to believe that disease is a physical condition of the material body. In consequence of this false teaching he was subject to many forms of fear and sickness throughout childhood, and until he later became interested in the teachings of Mary Baker Eddy, the revelator of Truth to this age.

On his last journey back to Jerusalem, Paul visited the city of Troas, and on the first day of the week, we read in the Acts of the Apostles ( 20:6-12 ), he preached in an upper room "even till break of day. " In the midst of this discourse a young man named Eutychus, whose presence in that upper room might indicate that he was a searcher for Christianity, fell from the window and was taken up dead.

Through the understanding of Christian Science one often gains new light on a familiar and loved Bible story enabling him to solve some present-day problem. Recently the writer found fresh inspiration while pondering Jesus' parable of the woman who lost one of her ten pieces of silver in her house, as recorded in the Gospel of Luke (15:8, 9).

When we start out on a journey, we usually do so with the expectation of going all the way. Nevertheless, in human experience, obstacles, diversions, unforeseen circumstances, lack of determination, may prevent us from reaching our destination.

Obedience is recognized as an essential factor in promoting harmony and maintaining law and order in society. We are aware of the necessity for willing submission to authority and have witnessed the effects of obedience in our homes, in schools, in business, and in the armed forces.

Joy is a spiritual quality. It is, therefore, the eternal possession of man made in the image and likeness of God, Spirit.

In the Scriptures we read ( Ps. 118: 17 ), "I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.

Peace is a positive quality of the real man's being; it is an essential element of that kingdom of heaven which is within man, and as such it is perpetual and permanent. Yet peace seems to escape humanity and to hover as a beautiful mirage that is intangible.

Mary Baker Eddy has given to the world the complete and final revelation of man in his true being, as the son of God. In her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," which is based solely upon the Bible, man is revealed as the image and likeness of God, wholly spiritual, forever perfect, sustained and eternally governed by Him.