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Man has a glorious inheritance. How much we appreciate this gift depends upon the knowledge we have of our spiritual birthright.

In time of great conflict men reach out for a sure defense. They know that success, and even survival, depends upon the soundness of their protection and their ability to use it.

In her sermon "The People's Idea of God" ( p. 9 ) Mary Baker Eddy writes, "Christian Science has one faith, one Lord, one baptism; and this faith builds on Spirit, not matter; and this baptism is the purification of mind,—not an ablution of the body, but tears of repentance, an overflowing love, washing away the motives for sin; yea, it is love leaving self for God.

While I was gazing from the height of our ranch home down into the beautiful river valley, and beyond it to the mountains, the reality of the eternal now of spiritual vision—in contrast with the unreality of the human concepts of time, past, present, and future—was indelibly impressed upon my thought. The valley dwellers and travelers upon the winding roads far below had a limited range of vision.

It is often necessary to prove one's identity in order to carry out the simplest transactions in everyday experience. The correct receipt enables its possessor promptly to obtain checked merchandise or luggage or to secure his car from the parking lot.

Because they saw the wonderful healings that Christ Jesus performed, even the arrogant, materially-minded Pharisees sought to know how he performed these "miracles," as they called the healings. In reply to Nicodemus, one of their rulers, who came by night to learn more about these healings, Jesus said plainly ( John 3:6, 7 ): "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

When Christ Jesus told Nicodemus ( John 3:3 ), "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God,"' very naturally the Pharisee was perplexed, because his concept of birth was wholly material. He had not grasped the fact that our Master was speaking from a spiritual standpoint.

The first epistle of John closes with the significant admonition, "Little children, keep yourselves from idols" ( I John 5:21 ). Though the beginning of idolatry is lost in the mists of antiquity, it undoubtedly had its root in ignorance and fear.

In the first chapter of Genesis we read, "And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. " "Firmament" Mary Baker Eddy defines in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.

Peace-Loving men and women everywhere are fast awakening to the need of rallying moral and spiritual forces for world peace. They have learned that in no other way can the machinations of the foes of peace and progress be thwarted and straight paths made for the feet of future generations.