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Christian Science sounds a clarion call to spiritual warfare that should rouse the thinkers of the day. In the sixth chapter of Ephesians, Paul describes the armor and method of spiritual warfare.

Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, writes in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 369 ), "The prophylactic and therapeutic (that is, the preventive and curative) arts belong emphatically to Christian Science, as would be readily seen, if psychology, or the Science of Spirit, God, was understood.

On page 91 of "Retrospection and Introspection" Mary Baker Eddy writes: "The parable of 'the prodigal son' is rightly called 'the pearl of parables,' and our Master's greatest utterance may well be called 'the diamond sermon. '" In the Sermon on the Mount are to be found those declarations regarding blessedness called the Beatitudes.

Master , which is the great commandment in the law?" asked the lawyer Pharisee of Jesus. Matthew tells in the preceding verses how, the Pharisees having heard that Jesus had effectively silenced their religious rivals, the Sadducees, one of their number, a lawyer by profession, propounded this question, hoping possibly to involve Jesus in academic controversy, whereby the Pharisee's professional knowledge of the law might secure for him a verbal victory.

To one looking out over the world of human endeavor it may seem that the ills of men are many. Looking through the lens of mortal sense, much is seen that is unlike the heavenly Father and His perfect and harmonious universe.

Repeatedly throughout the writings of Mary Baker Eddy we find that she specifically outlines the footsteps that must be taken in our progress out of the material dream of life up to the ultimate spiritual state of being. Mrs.

It is our God given heritage to be safe from the world's disturbing influences, through demonstrating the omnipresence and omnipotence of God, infinite good, in whom "we live, and move, and have our being. " In our daily pursuits, conditions may be encountered that induce fear and discouragement.

Whoever is awake to his opportunities looks forward to some goal. With one person it may be the attainment of wealth or position, with another, success as an artist.

God and man forever coexist in the harmony of divine Life and Love. Unchanging concord pervades immortal existence, so the peace of God eternally belongs to man.

A false sense of existence as material implies dependence on matter for life and happiness. This delusion obscures man's spiritual nature and heritage.