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" Prayer will be inaudible, and works more than words, as we understand God better. " Mary Baker Eddy makes this perceptive declaration regarding prayer on page 15 of her cogent sermon "Christian Healing.

In his epistle to the Colossians Paul makes this statement ( 2:10 ): "Ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power. " This is the statement of a scientific fact, a truth to be demonstrated in individual experience.

Spiritual intuitions are the gracious means whereby divine Love reaches the human consciousness and influences it for good. They always bless and never harm the recipient.

Indicative of the alliance existing between the quality of stillness and the divine nature are Mary Baker Eddy's words in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 559 ): "The 'still, small voice' of scientific thought reaches over continent and ocean to the globe's remotest bound.

" Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me" ( Isa. 45: 11 ).

Christian Science reveals the allness of the one living God. It reveals God to humanity as infinite Truth, the universal cause and Principle of all being, which creates and constitutes all that exists.

Our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, must have been impressed by the famous painting by Edwin Long entitled "Diana or Christ?" for two large reproductions of this picture were hung on the walls of her home at Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The scene depicts a Christian maiden of the early Christian era being urged by her pagan lover to sprinkle incense on the altar of Diana in token of submission to that goddess and denial of her Christian faith.

It is understood that any article having God for its theme can give but mere glimpses of so vast a subject. One of the purposes of such a writing is to inspire the reader to further study and meditation upon some of the points presented.

In industrial, trade, or health matters, measures and means designed to prevent accidents and illnesses are being generally adopted. One cannot deny the loving purpose which prompts them, but at the same time one must admit that this preventive care, like all that the human mind promotes, is limited.

Is one searching for the perfect example that will be a guiding light to him in his everyday experience and in his human relationships? The immediate answer to this searching is given in the revelation of Christian Science, which not only accepts Christ Jesus as the greatest of all examples, but also clearly explains how we may consistently follow his example of deep love for God and man and compassionate awareness of humanity's needs. His humility is traceable in his unselfed nature; he sought no glory of his own, thought not of world prestige or power, but was primarily about his Father's business, the healing and redemption of mankind.