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MORTALS have been taught to believe that they have a material mind and that this mind contains a human memory which can be lost or impaired with the passing of time, a condition over which they seem to have little or no control. However, since all true consciousness is Mind, and Mind is God, each individual reflects Mind, or consciousness, in the same way that the sun expresses itself through its rays.

THE contemplation of existence without personal friends presents for most people a disconcerting and unhappy picture of loneliness. Yet Mary Baker Eddy writes in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.

PROBABLY one of the greatest desires of a mortal is to have a better body—a body freed from sickness, from pain, from fatigue, from ugliness. Christ Jesus, who performed his works in accordance with God's directing, disregarded all material healing remedies and methods and showed mankind how to overcome, through spiritual means alone, the ills and shortcomings of the flesh.

THE purpose of the Cause of Christian Science is to enlighten, to redeem, to heal, and to save; to lead mankind out of its false, mistaken belief that life and intelligence are existent in matter or that man lives in a material body and universe. This is a noble Cause, which requires of its members true dignity and nobility to defend and preserve it.

THE word impart carries a particular significance when used in connection with any of the terms for God. This may be observed in the following quotation from the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy ( p.

INDIVIDUALS strive to govern their own affairs, and nations seek to be in control of their own destiny. And rightly so, because it is mankind's God-given right to manifest perfect self-government.

THE writer to the Hebrews laid down as a basic proposition ( 11:6 ), "He that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. " Too tragically often the faith thus demanded has been founded upon the dogma of inscrutability, and so the inquiring thought has been blinded and to it God has remained shrouded in the unknown and the unknowable.

Jesus once said to his disciples ( Matt. 5:20 ), "For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus ' words, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, 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" ( John 5:19 ), evidence a great sense of humility and trust, strengthened by profound spiritual understanding. Jesus never took personal credit for any of the wonderful works which were wrought by him, nor did he accept any burdened sense of responsibility for the welfare of others, although he had boundless compassion and love for all.

Prayer , the innate desire to reach the  source of all good, is humanity's natural approach to the heavenly Father. The longing for an unfailing way to obtain divine help in time of distress is deep-seated within the heart of mankind.