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The basic truth of being is the unity of God and man. This spiritual unity ensures man's inseparability from good in its unlimited manifestations.

Animal magnetism is a term frequently used in the study and practice of Christian Science. But it was not invented by Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science.

It is certain that each individual must enter the kingdom of heaven through his own efforts; no one can take the responsibility for him. Jesus proved this amply, and from the age of twelve years we find him looking only to his Father for guidance and support, assuming his responsibilities before doctors of the law, yet willingly returning to his home and being subject to his home discipline until further demands were made upon him.

The more a student of Christian Science studies the life and works of Mary Baker Eddy the more convinced he becomes that every activity of the Church which she founded and every By-Law which she incorporated in the Church Manual has a deep significance. While we may participate in the activities of The Mother Church, and perceive that all the By-Laws of the Manual are important to the welfare and progress of our Cause, yet only as we grow in experience do we begin to glimpse their spiritual significance.

The thoughts which men think determine their lives. To recognize this is essential, but it is not sufficient.

" There are none friendless, none afraid," one of the hymns in the Christian Science Hymnal joyously assures us. These words lilting through consciousness awakened a student of Christian Science the morning she was to set forth alone for the first time in her experience on a journey from the east coast to the Pacific and back again.

As the young student of Christian Science gains a fuller vision of the perfection of being, and is brought face to face with the demands of becoming a follower of Christ, he may feel discouraged, believing that he is not able to measure up to the high standard. He may think that he has certain faults of which he cannot rid himself, or that he has been guilty on some past occasion of an unworthy act.

The word "ambush" is derived from  boscus, a wood, where certainly there is ample opportunity to waylay and launch a surprise attack upon an unwary and unwatchful adversary. An army advancing over difficult country will naturally take the precaution of sending forward patrols to discover and warn the main force of lurking dangers and, so far as possible, clear the way.

" And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues" ( Mark 16:17 ). Thus reads the Master's promise, and he adds ( verse 18 ), "They shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

Prophesying of the coming of Christ Jesus and drawing a picture of the care he should receive when a child, Isaiah wrote ( Isa. 7:15 ), "Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.