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The teachings of Christian Science unveil the great truth that man is in reality the reflection of the one creative cause, the complete manifestation or expression of this one infinite divine Principle, or Mind, which is God. Furthermore, they reveal that in the Science of true being man is a spiritually mental creature, an idea of this Mind, or God, and that the prevalent belief of a man created of matter and mind and born of human parents is an illusion of the so-called carnal mind.

" Let not your heart be troubled," entreated Jesus, comforting his disciples: "ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you.

In the first chapter of Genesis, which presents the true record of creation, we read, "God said, Let there be light: and there was light;" and it is added that "God saw the light, that it was good. " In this creation of light no darkness appeared.

In the Science of being, consciousness of self can never be separated from consciousness of God. Self-consciousness scientifically, and therefore spiritually, understood is the individual expression of the consciousness of God.

Perhaps the most comforting thought that Christian Science brings to its students is the assurance, yea, the conviction, that there is no death. St.

Intuition is a divine attribute. It is the opposite of that false sense of instinct which is animal in nature and utterly without intelligence.

" We need to understand the affirmations of divine Science, dismiss superstition, and demonstrate truth according to Christ," is the arresting statement of Mary Baker Eddy on page 149 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. " In the light of scientific truth God's perfect creation, that sum total which comprises the infinite realm of reality as beheld in divine Science, is avowedly already established.

Christian Science impresses upon its students the need to keep always before them the clear vision of their purpose, for only so can they be sure to follow without deviation the pathway that leads right on to their goal. "We reach the Science of Christianity through demonstration of the divine nature.

On page 5 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mary Baker Eddy writes: "The followers of Christ drank his cup. Ingratitude and persecution filled it to the brim; but God pours the riches of His love into the understanding and affections, giving us strength according to our day.

Are freedom and dominion matters of chance and subject to accident? Is man a victim of whimsical fate and erratic circumstance? Do the presence and operation of law mean a curtailment of freedom? The negative views indicated in these questions are all refuted in Christian Science, which teaches that freedom is a positive condition, the result of exercising man's God-given dominion. It is the constant operation of God's law that maintains freedom and dominion for God's man.