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" 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.

" I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me" ( John 14:6 ). When Christ Jesus spoke these words the material world lashed back at him in defiance of the truth which was able to destroy its claim to reality.

Christ Jesus declared ( Luke 18: 27 ), "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. " On the cross, that prelude to his greatest victory over evil, his last words were ( Luke 23: 46 ), "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.

[Original article in German] Many individuals believe that there is no comfort for them today. But this belief is groundless, for from the lips of Christ Jesus we have the comforting words ( John 16:33 ), "Be of good cheer.

The absolute sovereignty of God is no mere theory or nicely coined phrase. This central truth of the Bible is demonstrable spiritual fact.

In answer to a student's question as to why she once called Christian Science "the higher criticism," Mary Baker Eddy writes, "I now repeat another proof, namely, that Christian Science is the higher criticism because it criticizes evil, disease, and death— all that is unlike God, good—on a Scriptural basis, and approves or disapproves according to the word of God" (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 240 ).

Mary Baker Eddy writes in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" ( pp. 269, 270 ): "The lie and the liar are self-destroyed.

In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy we read ( p. 428 ), "Man's privilege at this supreme moment is to prove the words of our Master: 'If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.