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"As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it. " This inspiring description of true defense given in the  thirty-first chapter of Isaiah illustrates the manner in which Truth defends the citadel of each individual consciousness.

" If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly" ( John 10:24 ). This insistent demand of the Jews was never met to their satisfaction, despite all the marvelous works and inspired teachings of Christ Jesus.

To ensure stability and security for them-selves and their loved ones has been the purpose of men through the ages. They have striven for the security and comfort of a home and for leisure to enjoy them.

To the agriculturist, often harassed by spurious laws concerning soil, weather, and pest invasion, Christian Science brings the revealment that true propagation is not a process of material reproduction, but is the forever appearing of God's creation through His ideas. The unceasing expression or reflection of God's being constitutes His multifarious creation, man and the universe.

In his faultless individual life and unprecedented proof of man's immortality and in his healing of the multitudes and fulfilling of his mission Christ Jesus marked the way of redemption from the perils of material existence for all mankind. Speaking the divine Word through his pure spiritual understanding, derived directly from God, he declared ( John 14:6 ), "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

When "a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest" ( Matt. 8: 19 ), Jesus answered, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

Commenting on the rapid growth of Christian Science, a newspaper in Rochester, New York, once said of the followers of this religion (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 93 ), "They are multiplying without efforts at proselytizing.

Mary Baker Eddy has made this thought-rousing statement in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 571 ): "Know thyself, and God will supply the wisdom and the occasion for a victory over evil.

A Friend of the writer's, a student of Christian Science, who had been using and proving his new-found understanding of God, divine Principle, in his own experience for a number of years, decided that the time had come for him to identify himself publicly with the practice of Christian Science, and so he made application for a listing in The Christian Science Journal and took such additional action as seemed appropriate. Writing to his friend and teacher in Christian Science, who was one of the pioneers in our movement, the student informed him of the step which he had taken.

As an understanding of Christian Science is obtained, any follower of its teachings comes to regard substance very differently from the way he did before. In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mary Baker Eddy writes ( pp.