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" A Danger besets thy path?—a spiritual behest, in reversion, awaits you. " So writes our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, in her Message to The Mother Church for 1902 ( p.

Christian Science has a message for the weary ones of earth who have echoed from hearts filled with the pangs of disappointment the lament of Job, "My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. " Bestowed of God and maintained of God, this message comes to the listening ear to bless and heal mankind.

Mankind is constantly looking for changes, expecting and demanding them. Some individuals fear changes, others welcome them.

Christ Jesus said, "Neither shall they say, Lo here! or. lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

To one giving only superficial thought to this matter, it might seem at first that the affirmations of Truth and denials of error which he is learning to make, as he studies and applies Christian Science, are similar to those repetitions recommended in other mental methods intended to bring about healing results. The student may not at once discern the great difference between the method of applying the truth as taught in Christian Science and the various methods of suggestion, hypnotism, and the like.

According to the first chapter of Genesis, man was made in the image and likeness of God, Spirit. The second chapter declares that "the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground.

The great Exemplar, Christ Jesus, in his Sermon on the Mount, taught and demonstrated many facts for the benefit of humanity, one of which is the proving of the abundance of supply. To those anxious about being fed and clothed, Jesus said, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

The story told of the words and works of the Bible characters, including the profound teachings and demonstrations of Christ Jesus, and the record of the related activities of Mary Baker Eddy, the beloved Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, present the most inspiring and enlightening of all narratives. Actually to find and prove the unchangeable presence and power of God, infinite good, available to men under any and all circumstances, as recorded in the Scriptures and now revealed and practiced through Christian Science, brings cause for great rejoicing.

“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. " By this striking simile the writer of the book of Proverbs stressed the value of wise and timely speech.

" God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. " These words point to the fact that God, Mind, who is everywhere, is manifested as spiritual light.