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" The work of healing, in the Science of Mind, is the most sacred and salutary power which can be wielded," writes Mary Baker Eddy on page 54 of "Retrospection and Introspection. " This is an inspiring challenge to demonstrate, as did the great Metaphysician, Christ Jesus, that good overcomes evil at every point.

As I laid down a recent issue of the Saturday Review of Literature, one devoted entirely to the subject of education, one salient fact stayed with me. It was that although the scholarly writers have agreed that education is a vital element in reshaping a battered world, no complete corrective has yet been discovered within the field itself.

The word "isolate" is rooted in the Latin word for "isle. " But telephone, radio, and airplane have taken the isolation out of place.

From the first account of creation in Genesis, in which man is endowed with dominion, to the final chapter of Revelation, in which it is indicated that he shall reign forever, man's freedom and dominion are asserted with glowing clarity. Christ Jesus, who fully exemplified this dominion himself, made it clear that man's sovereignty is not based upon material or human power, but upon spiritual understanding.

" Until nations are generous they will never be wise," wrote Washington Irving in the early half of the nineteenth century; "true policy is generous policy; all bitterness, selfishness, etc. , may gain small ends, but lose great ones.

Perhaps largely because of its use in the twenty-third Psalm, the expression "going through the valley" has come to mean passing through difficulty, anxiety, or sorrow. In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.

In her words "O gentle presence, peace and joy and power" (Poems, p. 4 ), Mary Baker Eddy reveals the truth that the divine all-presence is gentle, peaceful, joyful, and all-powerful.

When Nicodemus came to Jesus by night, eager to question one who had performed such miracles, the Master's great love enabled him to discern his visitor's need. He must have known that Nicodemus, educated in the material religious systems of his day, had need to be awakened to the living realities of Spirit, to a new outlook on God as his creator and the creator of all.

The question which titles this article is answered by Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, in "Unity of Good" ( p. 51 ): "Woman is the highest species of man, and this word is the generic term for all women; but not one of all these individualities is an Eve or an Adam.

" What shall I do?" is the troubled query of those at a crossroad of experience where a choice of action seems imperative. Is there a practical way to make the right choice? Yes, through Christian Science teachings one can find neverfailing guidance.