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Christian Science makes it plain that the entire ministry of Christ Jesus is a challenge to all of his followers to strive to overcome all worldliness and evil. Does this overcoming seem an impossible task? Does the yearning for the things of the flesh appear to be unquenchable? Is the belief in the reality of substance matter too persistent for easy relinquishment? Take courage and give thanks, for we have the reassuring words of the Master ( John 16: 33 ): "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace.

In each of Mary Baker Eddy's divinely inspired written works are presented vast metaphysical concepts which students of Christian Science meditate upon and use for spiritual profit. On page 82 of "Miscellaneous Writings'' we read: "Man is the offspring and idea of the Supreme Being, whose law is perfect and infinite.

To know thyself is a great achievement. It is power unto salvation.

Christian Science brings to all men, regardless of color, nationality, race, or creed, God's revelation of Himself. To understand this divine Science the honest seeker of Truth must patiently persist in his study, as Isaiah counsels, with "precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little" ( 28:10 ).

From time immemorial mankind has striven to preserve health and life in the body through the belief that man is mortal and material instead of permanent and spiritual. Until spiritually illumined by the sacred revelations of Christian Science that God, Spirit, is the only cause and creator and that man, whose Life is God, is the incorporeal idea of Mind, the human mind seems to believe that the well-being of the human family is at the mercy of unintelligent matter.

True beauty is spiritual loveliness and is inherent in all real being. To human perception beauty shines through people, through birds and animals, trees and flowers, hills and valleys.

An evangelist recently said that the first Christians lived in times as difficult as our own. He added that they did not say, "See what the world is coming to," but rather, "See what has come to the world!" The mighty message brought to the people of the first Christian century by Christ Jesus appealed to his followers as a thrilling and universal answer to all the world's troubles.

It has been proved that Christian Science heals hopelessness and sadness. Because it can be applied to the solution of all difficulties, it brings confidence and joy.

Mind , not matter, is the source and substance of supply. This vital fact is demonstrable, as the Bible records show.

Paul exhorted his followers, "Pray without ceasing" ( I Thess. 5:17 ).