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ON page 488  of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mary Baker Eddy writes: "Mind alone possesses all faculties, perception, and comprehension. Therefore mental endowments are not at the mercy of organization and decomposition,—otherwise the very worms could unfashion man.

SOME people, who concede the healing power of Christian Science but fail to acknowledge its divine origin, regard it as no more authoritative or dependable than material medicine and declare that it may be good for some people, but not good for all: that it heals some cases, but also has its failures. Those who entertain this concept do not understand that Christian Science is the law of God and therefore in reality can never fail.

IN "Pilgrim's Progress" Christian and his companion fall into the hands of Giant Despair. For a time they languish in prison, making no effort to escape, but through prayer, Christian is awakened to use the key in his bosom, called Promise, which opens any lock in Doubting-Castle.

MANY years ago the writer heard a testimony in which the speaker, mentioning the insistent demands of material sense, said something to this effect: "I have learned one thing in Christian Science, namely, that mortal mind cannot push me around. " We too can learn this lesson.

ON a cross-country motor trip one has a definite objective. By means of road maps one finds the best and most direct route to the desired destination.

IT makes no difference what the human problem calls itself; a right solution is available now, today, at this moment. For harmony is permanent, total, timeless, and ever present.

The twenty-second chapter of Matthew contains an incident wherein Christ Jesus clearly and simply sets forth one's duty to God and his fellow man. We read that a lawyer, tempting Jesus, questioned, "Master, which is the great commandment in the law?" What an exalting and inspiring reply was the Master's: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

The experience of climbing a mountain is often used as a comparison for the journey "from sense to Soul.

Christian Science is the Science of being; it is the truth of Life itself, the law of God, infinite good, which enables us to approach Him intelligently. This pure Science is unique and unparalleled; it cannot be compared to anything else, for it transcends and embodies all that is known or knowable.

Birth denotes a beginning, the appearance of something previously nonexistent. We do not associate birth with Deity, but are we alert in refusing to accord a natal hour to man, His image and likeness? Man's spiritual pre-existence is a natural consequence of his coexistence with God, divine Mind.