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Christian Science states, in conformity with the Bible, that all the universe of God's creation is perfect, spiritual, and harmonious, under the everlasting government of its divine Principle, Love. That is the absolute and only truth about it.

A party of three women, one of them a student of Christian Science, was making a trek among high mountains far from civilization, accompanied only by native guides and servants. A narrow pass scarcely wider than the little mountain ponies themselves, with a yawning chasm at one side, was reached one morning.

These words from the Christian Science Hymnal ( No. 284 ) clearly define prayer: Prayer is the heart's sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed.

God's command to the children of Israel that they go forward has come ringing down the centuries. Today, as always, this command is imperious, for progress is the unalterable law of God.

To impersonalize scientifically the material sense of existence —rather than cling to personality— is the lesson of to-day," writes Mary Baker Eddy ( Miscellaneous Writings, p. 310 ).

Perhaps no one subject presents so much interest to mankind as that of everlasting life, and many people would agree with Paul in his declaration, "If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. " Enjoyment of the good that comes to a mortal appears commensurate with his belief in its continuance.

In the reality of being, message and manifestation are co-ordinate and simultaneous in action. This was proved in the experience of Christ Jesus.

Of all the familiar and well-loved stories of the Bible, that of Ruth, and her touching devotion to her mother-in-law Naomi, is one of the most charming, while it contains broader implications than might appear on the surface. The first scene of this ancient drama is laid in the land of Moab, to the east of the Dead Sea.

Modern methods of travel and work seem to make it imperative that mankind have a reliable safeguard against the increasing but false belief in accident. Where can one turn with confidence, except to the divine Mind? Christian Science offers a positive method of safety in travel and work—in all right activity.

When Jesus gathered his little band of disciples about him for spiritual instruction, they were frequently surprised by his unexpected answers to their questions. Often they were not a little discomfited by his commands, which, though lovingly given, were contrary to their accustomed modes of thought.