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Exploring in depth what Christian Science is and how it heals.

A BASIC REQUIREMENT FOR INSTANTANEOUS HEALING

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"

" 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 ).

SUBSTITUTING GRATITUDE FOR PRIDE

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.

UNFOLDING STEPS IN GOVERNMENT

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 EPISTLE OF CHRIST"

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 ).

"WE DO NOT HAVE TO SUFFER"

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 FALLACY OF MATTER'S SUBSTANTIALITY

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.

INDIVISIBILITY

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

FROM THE DIRECTORS

Lecture Information For some years it has been the custom for members of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship, after several years of service thereon, to reserve some time to be devoted particularly to the study and practice of Christian Science. In accordance with this procedure, the following will have such a period, beginning July 1, 1946: Mr.

THE HAPPY WARRIOR

Who is the happy Warrior? Who is he That every man in arms would wish to be? Many of us have either read or learned by heart these stirring lines from Wordsworth's poem, "Character of the Happy Warrior. " The title, however, presents a paradox, for it seems to be a contradiction in terms.