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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.

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.