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" The Scriptures are very sacred. Our aim must he to have them understood spiritually, for only by this understanding can truth he gained," declares Mary Baker Eddy on page 547 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
The great cry of mankind is for completeness. Some feel that good health brings it.
In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mary Baker Eddy writes these words, familiar to all Christian Scientists ( p. 583 ): "The Church is that institution, which affords proof of its utility and is found elevating the race, rousing the dormant understanding from material beliefs to the apprehension of spiritual ideas and the demonstration of divine Science, thereby casting out devils, or error, and healing the sick.
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.