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God, our heavenly Father, forms the character and determines the course of action of His children. He lovingly demands obedience to divine requirements as the natural fulfillment of law and order.

" In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death," we read in Proverbs ( 12:28 ). Since God is All-in-all and man is His image and likeness, as Christian Science teaches, the way of righteousness which leads to Life is found to be a conscious acceptance of man's perpetual unity with God, his divine Principle, wherein man expresses all that God is.

A Case in court may be won or lost as a result of the evidence submitted. It is also possible for a case to be lost if, for example, a witness should alter his testimony at the last moment and thereby change important supporting evidence.

To human sense all life is governed by an accepted concept of time. Man is supposedly subject to a belief of measurement—a beginning and an end.

Mary Baker Eddy's uncovering of mortal existence as a dream is of immense help to one in realizing his true existence as the reflection of God, Spirit, and in identifying himself as spiritual, not material. She makes it plain in her writings that the more fully we awaken from the dream of life, substance, and intelligence in matter, the less power the dream seems to have over us.

One of the loveliest things about the Christian Science movement is that all may share its gracious ministration. There is no ordained priesthood, but all help one another and the common cause in the degree of their spiritual understanding and ability.

Among the human problems caused by the present world chemicalization is that of displaced persons. Families have been scattered, homes broken up, and "stateless" individuals forced to adapt themselves as best they can to changed environments.

I Knew an individual who spent a very unhappy childhood because she thought of herself as very homely. Her face was covered with freckles, and she seemed to have no redeeming features.

Some months ago, when gratefully reviewing the wealth of healings and blessings resulting from his study of Christian Science, the writer reasoned that at last he must be learning fairly well the lessons of obedience which are necessary to spiritual enlightenment and unfoldment. It was not long, however, before this conclusion was seriously upset.

The rhythm of the universe, coming to the human consciousness as divine law, is dependable and demonstrable in the attainment of salvation. Mary Baker Eddy writes in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.