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A FAITHFUL study and application of Christian Science bestows upon the student spiritual understanding, which reveals the true nature of man's individuality. It is upon the Christianly scientific understanding of man's spiritual being as the expression of Spirit, God, that the student successfully demonstrates the healing and regenerating truths of Christian Science.

Realizing that his students needed much encouragement, instruction, and guidance in order to be able to follow his example, the master Christian, Christ Jesus, by his tender persuasion and loving promises always gave them fresh inspiration. Emphasizing the value of perseverance and steadfastness in learning and practicing what he taught, he said ( John 8:31, 32 ), "If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

In revealing spiritual man as His manifestation, God simultaneously decrees the irrevocable law of unfolding good as eternally sustaining and maintaining the perfection of His expression. In the first chapter of Genesis we read ( 1:29 ), "And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

From Genesis to the end of the Gospels, gardens are frequently mentioned in the Bible. The first was the garden of Eden, wherein appeared a serpent.

To most people the thought of being shut away in an internment camp behind barbed wire is terrifying. But when recognized only as error presenting a false sense of existence, such an experience can become, as in the writer's case, an opportunity for self-discipline and for demonstrating more of the truth of being.

For many centuries earnest thinkers have longed to see the church of Christ fulfill its vital purpose to unify and inspire all men through an understanding of Truth, God. The spread of Christianity since Christ Jesus was on earth has gradually brought enlightenment to mankind, showing how the spiritual qualities in human character may triumph over the lower.

When Christ Jesus appeared to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, he addressed a question to Simon Peter which still calls insistently to every follower of the Christ, Truth. "Lovest thou me?" was addressed to the lovable, impetuous Peter, who had said to Jesus, "Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death," but who later denied him three times in that dark morning hour before the crucifixion.

" Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things" ( Matt. 17:11 ).

A Teacher in a Christian Science Sunday School once asked her class what the word "grace," as used in the Bible, meant to them. One girl slowly and thoughtfully replied, "Grace means the doing of spiritual things easily.

Mary Baker Eddy perceived the allness of God, divine Mind, and the inevitable corollary that there is no matter. Before she gave her revelation of the Science of Jesus' theology to the world in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," she proved the correctness of this theology by healing disease and sin.