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Business meetings of a Church of Christ, Scientist, are established for the purpose of transacting such matters as are essential to the maintenance and progress of the church. When the members realize that every activity of the church functions directly or indirectly as a result of decisions made at these meetings, they understand that the importance of attending them cannot be overestimated.

In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mary Baker Eddy writes ( p. 113 ): "The vital part, the heart and soul of Christian Science, is Love.

Perfection emanates from God, the infinite source of all good. God's clear directions for achieving perfection were recorded quite early in human history.

Sometimes the question is asked by students of Christian Science as to whether or not they should classify themselves as Protestants. Christian Science presents a higher protest against matter and evil than has been known before.

In an article entitled "Christian Science" in "Miscellaneous Writings" Mary Baker Eddy says ( p. 235 ): "By this system, too, man has a changed recognition of his relation to God.

Just as one standing in front of a flawless mirror beholds a clear, accurate reflection of himself, so man as revealed in Christian Science is seen to be the perfect, harmonious reflection of God, the source of his being. The blurred or distorted reflection in an imperfect mirror does not accurately depict the figure of the person standing in front of the glass; neither does the false, discordant view of man presented by the material senses truly represent man's real selfhood, made in the image of God, perfect Mind.

Our loving Father-Mother God gives to His children health, abundance, happiness. And is it not the purpose of all of us to attain these objectives? Christian Science shows us how to use the power of God to bring them into our lives.

Three times in his epistles Paul speaks of the Christian's armor. He speaks of it to the Romans, to the Corinthians, and to the Ephesians.

When Christ Jesus declared ( Luke 17:21 ), "The kingdom of God is within you," he was showing his complete understanding of the fact that life, or being, is subjective, that consciousness is one and all-inclusive. Humanity in general has failed to understand and appreciate what the Master was explaining in his inspired exposition of being.

There is no stubborn belief, no problem too difficult, to bring to a right solution. Such statements without a basis of proof would be mere empty words, but in the light of Christian Science they are capable of demonstration.