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In answering the question ( Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 495 ), "How can I progress most rapidly in the understanding of Christian Science?" Mary Baker Eddy admonishes, "Study thoroughly the letter and imbibe the spirit.

Today , when so many of mankind's fondest hopes have been upset, when the human economy has been so widely disturbed, and many people have to do work they never imagined they would ever have to do, it is well for those who seek peace, refreshment, and their true individuality, to consider what is the nature of the real man, where is his dwelling place, and what governs him. If one turns to the first chapter of Genesis, it is learned that God made man in His image and likeness, and that all creation in its completeness was very good.

The probability that we as a nation may be called upon to walk more than is usual, for some time to come, need give rise to no misgivings. Rather it may be the means of opening to us hitherto unexplored occasions for thought leading to unexpected treasures.

Christianly scientific thinking today imparts, silently and compellingly, the perennial assurance of Christly compassion. With particularly gentle persuasiveness it comes to heal the one tormented by the physical and moral accusations of personal sense.

Mary Baker Eddy has often used the term "Christian Science Mind-healing" to designate the system which she discovered and founded. This term implies that the Principle of Christian Science, the basis of its healing, is Mind—the divine Mind, the one infinite Spirit called God.

The resurgence of thought toward spiritual things is one of the most heartening signs of the present. Frequently in a newspaper does some columnist, erstwhile man of the world, point to a spiritual awakening as paramount.

Of the myriad plagues mortal sense has inflicted upon mankind, none perhaps has brought more suffering, unhappiness, and sorrow than fear. Men have feared not only the present and the future, but also the past; they have feared that sin or disease or false appetites might attack them or their loved ones because of the so-called law of heredity.

For any worthy endeavor, confidence and the will to do are necessary in order to make even a start. Still greater application and persistency are required to attain the goal.

One who returns to a well-known scene after a long absence is happy when he notes that many conditions have been improved. Unsightly structures have been torn down, and beautiful buildings have been erected in their place.

In the first eighteen verses of the fourth Gospel, as well as in the first chapter of Genesis, real history is expounded briefly, sublimely. From these records no deduction can be made of a creator who is other than all-power and all-good, or of a creation which is less than perfect.