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The plans Jesus made were always according to divine direction. He said ( John 5: 19 ), "The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

" Mind demonstrates omnipresence and omnipotence, but Mind revolves on a spiritual axis, and its power is displayed and its presence felt in eternal stillness and immovable Love. " This sentence from Mary Baker Eddy's book "Retrospection and Introspection" ( pp.

Man does not exist as physique but as idea; therefore he has never lived, moved, or thought as a mortal, but has always existed in the glorious and illimitable realm of Soul. The only past man has ever had is the radiant reality of spiritual completeness and perfection.

In the book of Revelation, John, most beloved of the disciples, set forth in majestic symbolism the spiritual nature of God's creation. The Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, interprets this symbolism in basic teachings of Christian Science.

In an arresting statement made in her "Miscellaneous Writings" Mary Baker Eddy tells us ( p. 334 ), "You must find error to be nothing: then, and only then, do you handle it in Science.

The record of creation as depicted in the first chapter of Genesis sets forth the fact that God created the universe and man. Although we are told here that man is made in God's image and likeness and that creation, including man, is "very good," yet the chapter does not define God other than as creator.

The world is seeking everywhere for a solution to its problems—its pains, its sorrows, its poverty, and its wars. Analyses of many kinds are being made as to the cause and cure of these discordant conditions.

" Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is" ( Eph. 5:17 ).

Since time immemorial no subject has been dearer to the heart of humanity than that of salvation. People have longed to be saved from suffering or preserved from impending dangers, but the questions then were and still are: Where may salvation be found? and, How may it be attained? When the children of Israel were confronted by dangers and hardships along the way their fear-filled murmurings were in striking contrast to the words of courage and faith of their great leader ( Ex.

Universally present in the realm of spiritual existence and available to govern the affairs of men is God, the operative divine Principle enforcing the laws of good. It is for that reason that at certain critical times in history opportune events have transpired which tended to preserve an era which would otherwise have gone into oblivion, as have many civilizations in the past.