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JESUS drew richly upon the divine Mind for inspiration and thus was enabled to expose the inconsistencies of so-called human nature in his parables in ways that burn deep into human consciousness. His great parable of the sower (Matt.

LIGHT has ever been the symbol of enlightenment and progress. By its very nature it uncovers the insubstantiality of darkness.

IN the first chapter of John's Gospel there is an account of how Nathanael became a disciple of the Master. At the close of the brief conversation between them Jesus uttered this promise ( verse 51 ): "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

UNFAILING control is an objective which mankind forever seeks and forever fails to attain through human means and methods. Whether it is the control of oneself and one's personal affairs that is sought, the control of a business, a motor car, a ship, or an airplane, the control of a municipality, a state, a nation, or a group of nations, some combination of circumstances often arises which places the situation beyond control.

" HOW can I progress most rapidly in the understanding of Christian Science?" This question, which the student of Christian Science frequently asks himself, is answered by Mary Baker Eddy in the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. " Her counsel may well be studied carefully ( p.

SO accustomed have mortals become to viewing certain forms of matter as solid that they may seldom think of this descriptive term "solid" as capable of being applied to Spirit. But in Christian Science the mortal sense of things is reversed.

WHEN the storm raged against him at Golgotha, the Master allowed it to do so and to assume such proportions as men willed. This he did in order to give proof of the inability of matter to injure in any way true being.

PROBABLY the meaning that comes most frequently to our thought on hearing the word "coincidence" is that of a chance happening. But when Mary Baker Eddy uses this word in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," she does so in accordance with a less familiar meaning, namely, "Correspondence in nature, character, result, etc.

THROUGH its teaching of the wholly spiritual, immaterial nature of man, God's image and likeness, Christian Science brings to light the demonstrable truth that man's being is invulnerable. It is man's inseparability from Spirit, Life, God, which ensures his safety.

THE power and clarity of Jesus' teachings are due to one great fact: he understood and proved himself to be the Son of God, the spiritual idea of Mind, Spirit, and not a fleshly personality. Had Jesus believed in any degree that his real being originated in the flesh, his teachings would have been tainted, adulterated, and weakened by the admission of such a mistake.