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Dominion is the birthright of everyone. In the first chapter of Genesis it is made plain that man, made in God's image and likeness, is given dominion, and there is no record of any power having been created that could take his God-given dominion from him.

On the stormy night when Peter left the boat to walk to Jesus on the Sea of Galilee it was proved beyond doubt that because good is always possible to God, good is equally possible to man as His image and likeness. In the midst of a turbulent sea Peter found himself able to walk on the water.

Jesus once asked ( Matt. 12:48 ).

Many readers of The Christian Science Monitor are deeply impressed by the way the mission of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, is bring made known through advertisements appearing on The Home Forum page. They set forth different aspects of its purpose helpfully and healingly.

In John we read ( 13:3,5 ), "Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God.

The story of Elisha and the Shunammite woman in the fourth chapter of II Kings has inspired mankind through the centuries and taught in a graphic manner the value of unwavering faith in God, infinite good. It will he remembered that this Shunammite had a child who became ill and to all appearances passed on.

Most of us in childhood were told to be on our best behavior when we went visiting or when company was expected in the home. This meant that we must be quiet, orderly, courteous, and conservative in speech and general demeanor.

How wonderful to know that man reflects God and that God expresses Himself through man! And how wonderful that through Christian Science one can begin to prove that whatever is un-Godlike, and does not represent God, is untrue. Our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, says (Miscellaneous Writings, p.

" The standard of perfection was originally God and man. " This profound statement made by Mary Baker Eddy is found in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.

The great value of Christian Science rests in its effects on human consciousness. It is the leaven which not only heals physical discords, but also establishes harmony and right activity in all fields of human endeavor.