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THE ultimate purpose of spiritual education is to lift mankind progressively out of the deceptive dream of materiality and sin into the joy-inspiring, spiritual sense of immortal being. To some, immortality may appear to be of such a hazy, indeterminate nature as to preclude its acceptance in thought as a present possibility.

EVERY navigator of the high seas uses a compass. Without a compass he could have no certainty of following his course or of reaching his port.

IT is a well-known axiom that like produces like. It is not so generally perceived that only like knows like.

THE reassuring message of Christian Science comes to a materialistic world that is power conscious, that has suffered from power politics, that has witnessed the destructive power of mechanical engines of war, and that lives in fear of the unleashing of a power hitherto unknown. Mary Baker Eddy, after years of consecrated study and prayer, received the revelation that God, Love, is the only power; that God, Spirit, is All; that matter is nothing; that so potent is divine Love that it can annul all material so-called power, even if it is manifested as the power of the totalitarian dictator, the engine of war, or the fury of the atomic bomb.

THE Sunday services and Wednesday meetings in Christian Science churches have one sublime purpose—that of healing. Through revelation and experience Mary Baker Eddy prescribed each component part of the services from prelude to postlude, and each is designed to contribute its share of blessing.

" THE Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever" ( Ps. 29:10 ).

" BELOVED, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. " In this arresting message from John, which is the second of three verses from his first epistle read at our Sunday services as a correlative passage to "the scientific statement of being" from the Christian Science textbook ( p.

ONE of the basic teachings of Christian Science defines the relationship of God and man. The Bible in various places indicates a oneness between God and man, symbolized by the sun and its light.

IT is revealed in the Scriptures and emphasized in the teachings of Christian Science that God is Love. It follows then that man, who is made in God's likeness, is by nature loving and lovable.

IN the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy states ( p. 31 ), "First in the list of Christian duties, he taught his followers the healing power of Truth and Love.