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In her book "Retrospection and Introspection," our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, makes the arresting statement ( p. 58 ): "With our Master, life was not merely a sense of existence, but an accompanying sense of power that subdued matter and brought to light immortality, insomuch that the people 'were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

In days of famine the Israelites of old demonstrated on many occasions that God is the only real source of supply. Throughout the Psalms many references are made to the fact that all that is good and true must stem from the one and only origin, God.

Some day! How often we have used this expression in voicing a fond hope or cherished desire! Some day, when we have worked out our problem, we shall have better health or better business. Some day our spiritual understanding may increase to the point where we shall experience release from the myriad forms of discord that present themselves.

Centuries ago the Psalmist vowed ( Ps. 101:2 ), "I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

Solomon admonishes ( Prov. 3:11, 12 ): "My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: for whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

When considering how to solve any problem, the student of Christian Science turns confidently to the writings of Mary Baker Eddy and finds therein the perfect law of God which Jesus elucidated in his teaching and demonstrated in his healing work. Mrs.

Making a living occupies the attention of men during a large part of every day. They have widely differing views of what it depends upon and how it is accomplished.

While studying the weekly Lesson-Sermon, a student of Christian Science found herself reading and rereading this statement on page 333 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy: "Throughout all generations both before and after the Christian era, the Christ, as the spiritual idea,—the reflection of God,—has come with some measure of power and grace to all prepared to receive Christ, Truth. Abraham, Jacob, Moses, and the prophets caught glorious glimpses of the Messiah, or Christ, which baptized these seers in the divine nature, the essence of Love.

Christian Science is lifting Christendom's concept of Scriptural prophecy from the level of what is more or less mystical to the position of the foretelling of the natural operation of divine law. Our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, has given us this definition of "prophet" in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.

The Christian Scientist is proving that God's beneficence is never absent, never held in abeyance; that His goodness is never reserved for a convenient time or season. On the contrary, prayer—communion with God—lifting thought to the height of spiritual consciousness, brings prompt results, manifested by healing, joyousness, and sustained peace—man's eternal possessions.