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Good is the natural state of man made in God's likeness. The realization of this fact brings harmony into human experience.

In the sixth chapter of II Kings is given the account of how a certain host of enemies of Elisha surrounded him in the village of Dothan "both with horses and chariots" to capture him. His servant Gehazi was very much frightened, and in desperation asked, "Alas, my master! how shall we do?" To Gehazi the situation surely must have seemed hopeless, but Elisha calmly said, "Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.

The practice of Christian Science proves the wondrous spiritual facts of universal harmony, and does this by means of a fixed Principle and given rules. The Principle, or First Cause, is divine Love, God, and the rules of this divine Principle are demonstrated in Christian Science practice.

On the lawn of the public library of a New England city stands a large stone statue. Several hundred boys used to pass this building on their way to school, and in cold weather it was quite the thing to hit the face of the statue with a snowball.

Many years ago a ship lay tossing on a stormy sea. The storm increased as the winds arose and the night grew darker.

On page 368 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, writes: "Because matter has no consciousness or Ego, it cannot act: its conditions are illusions, and these false conditions are the source of all seeming sickness. " By this and similar declarations, Mrs.

The absolute nature of God's government of man and the universe is clearly stated throughout the writings of the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy. A cogent statement of hers, relative to what is known as the actual business of government in the world today, reads as follows (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p.

David recognized in large measure the true nature of sovereignty when, at the height of his earthly career as king, he blessed the Lord before all the congregation and said: "Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all" ( I Chron.

One of the most revolutionary religious teachings is that of Christian Science concerning prayer. This Science removes prayer from the realm of blind faith and mere petition into the domain of accurate, ever-operative divine law.

Out of the crowd around him, according to Luke's record, a man asked Jesus to tell his brother to divide the inheritance with him. Jesus' answer was direct and penetrating ( Luke 12:14 ): "Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?" One lesson we may learn from this is the indivisibility of good.