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Luminous with power and spiritual vision, the Bible is recognized by our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, as a primary source of equipment for our daily activity and progress. Studied from the standpoint of Christian Science, the Bible may be likened to the powerful voice of a modern radio operator guiding and directing the planes that fly in high altitudes and establishing protection for their safe arriving.

Spiritual consciousness is a sublime fortress. This consciousness inheres in divine Mind.

A Basic requirement for instantaneous healing is an acknowledgment and realization of God's infinite ever-presence and omnipotence. In Christian Science practice, the healing of both sin and sickness is coincidental with a clear realization of God's immediate presence.

" Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison" ( Matt. 5:25 ).

The eager student, as he progresses in his demonstration of Christian Science, is sometimes prone to feel pride in his successful proving rather than gratitude for divine guidance. It is mortal mind which prompts such elation, and not the spirit of Truth.

God, Spirit, divine Principle, is the source of all true government. This government is made available to individuals by right ideas which have been revealed through the ages as they were importunately sought.

The sacred writings which constitute the Bible are referred to in the first tenet of Christian Science, where the Discoverer and Founder of this Science, Mary Baker Eddy, writes, "As adherents of Truth, we take the inspired Word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal Life" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 497 ).

During a conversation on Christian Science, two students recalled the experience of a woman who fancied she had locked herself in her closet. Upon investigation it was found that the door could readily have been opened from the inside by turning the blunt end of some hardware which took the place of a knob.

The appearance of the atomic bomb, with its hitherto unexplored possibilities for good and evil, draws humanity's attention renewedly to that strange phenomenon termed matter. Matter, though in some ways familiar to us, nevertheless baffles those who attempt to investigate its nature.

" The allness of Deity is His oneness," writes Mary Baker Eddy in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 267 ).