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True self-consciousness is spiritual man's comprehension of himself as the infinite and complete expression of ever-present God. good.

Though , as the result of wars and rumors of wars, unsettled governments, seeming chance and constant change, our times would appear to be more perilous than those of previous generations, yet Christian Science offers us a refuge beyond material reasoning, far above human understanding, where thought is lifted to the spiritual sense of being. The belief of the individual in discord and disaster tends toward the universal acceptance of the inevitability of these very conditions.

If it were necessary to state in a few words the nature of the educational enlightenment Christian Science is affording one,it might be phrased as follows: To think out from Truth, divine Mind, instead of trying to look at existence through a personal, human mind. By defying the suggested substantiality and would-be reality of this human mind, Mary Baker Eddy, with her penetrating spiritual understanding, undertook the search of the nature of the universe from its primal source.

Infinite , eternal Mind is all-encompassing, unchanging, forever harmonious, and therein lives man, the reflection of God, the indestructible idea of Love divine. Man is forever conscious of his unity with God, linked inseparably with the glory, grandeur, bliss, beauty, perfection, and harmony of infinite Mind.

Though Paul's letters to the Galatians and to the Romans date from different periods in his career, they may be considered together, since they both deal with the basic subject of the relation between Judaism and Christianity. The earlier of the two letters appears to have been written about 53 a.

There is no claim of the material senses, whether of sin or sickness, that cannot be overcome through the teaching of Christian Science. Jesus said, "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

The works of the Father, divine Love, were manifested in Jesus in his pure spiritual love, his conscious oneness with God. He said, "The Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

In God's creation health is normal, even as are goodness, intelligence, and harmony. If it were not so, Christ Jesus could not have done his healing work, for he was not merely curing the sick who sought him, but revealing the completeness of man as God made him.

On page 256 of her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy writes: "Who is it that demands our obedience? He who, in the language of Scripture, 'doeth according to His will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay His hand, or say unto Him, What doest Thou?'" What strength lies in these words: "demands our obedience"! In order to advance our Cause we must gain the clear vision of man and the universe as God's idea, a concept utterly apart from material sense. Under the marginal heading "Divine reflection," Mrs.

Our great Master and Way-shower, Christ Jesus, tells us, "What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. " This lucid statement of the correct modus operandi of prayer, spiritually interpreted by the understanding gained through the study of Christian Science, plainly shows us what we must "believe" in regard to the solving of any problem.