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" In divine Science, we have not as much authority for considering God masculine, as we have for considering Him feminine, for Love imparts the clearest idea of Deity. " These words, which appear on page 517 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," indicate the importance which their author, Mary Baker Eddy, attaches to the motherhood of God.

On page 465 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy defines God as Mind, Soul, Spirit, Principle, Life, Truth, Love. Directly following this definition Mrs.

It was Easter Sunday. The beautiful day was filled with the newness of springtide.

Who am I? What is the nature of God? What are the signs of His presence, and how can I prove His power? These were the questions Moses asked or implied when God called him to lead the Israelites out of their bondage to Pharaoh in Egypt. And since these fundamental questions are likely to be asked by everyone who seeks for himself or others divine deliverance from bondage to disease, lack, sin, discord, or dictatorship, it should be helpful to consider the answers Moses received.

In defining Adam, the counterfeit of the man God created, Mary Baker Eddy has stated in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 338 ): "Jehovah declared the ground was accursed; and from this ground, or matter, sprang Adam, notwithstanding God had blessed the earth 'for man's sake.

" He will beautify the meek with salvation " exclaimed the Psalmist ( Ps. 149:4 ); and Christ Jesus said ( Matt.

It is most awakening and very enlightening to consider, from the standpoint of regenerating and healing, the definition of "eyes" as given in the Glossary of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy ( p. 586 ): "Spiritual discernment,—not material but mental.

Students of the Bible are familiar with Jesus' temptation in the wilderness. They recall how the devil tempted him to make the stones bread to satisfy his hunger, suggested that if he was truly the Son of God, he could throw himself from the pinnacle of the temple and prove the protecting power of God, and then offered him the kingdoms of the world if he would fall down and worship him.

Recently the writer asked herself, "What is the light of the world?" Then, as though in answer to her silent question, came these words of the Master, Christ Jesus: "I am the light of the world" ( John 8:12 ), and, "Ye are the light of the world" ( Matt. 5:14 ).

Paul , the great apostle, found ever dependable security in the understanding of man's inseparability from God's love and wrote ( Rom. 8:38, 39 ), "I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.