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What the Christian Scientist desires above all else is that he may be receptive to Truth. He prays with Solomon, "Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people.

The understanding of the eternal laws of Truth shortens the seeming duration of error. In "Miscellaneous Writings," Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, gives assurance of the ultimate destruction of error and of the hastening of its end, where she says ( p.

How great the blessings that will be seen to flow to humanity when men universally echo the Psalmist's glad statement, "O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day"! Happifying, indeed, it is to meditate daily on, and seek to be governed solely by, divine law, which is universal and impartial in its beneficent operations. God's law is the law of Life, the law of infinite Love, the law of true justice.

CHRIST JESUS , as quoted in the twenty-first chapter of Luke, significantly depicts the confusion, fear, discord, and dismay which should come in a mighty struggle between the negative so-called forces of evil and the positive forces of omnipotent good. The prophetic utterances of this chapter are, however, interspersed with comforting promises of divine protection and assurances of the triumph of good over evil.

The word "good" is commonly used in a human, unspiritual meaning, to indicate a human quality, better than bad, but still human and so not associated with, nor expressive of, the only real good, God. Mary Baker Eddy, in choosing words with which to express her discovery of Christian Science, gave the word "good" its basic, spiritual meaning, making it synonymous with God, man's only true Life.

“God's reflection moves only as God moves, possesses only what He expresses. Man coexists with God as His reflection.”

Heaven is easy to reach, and safe to dwell in. It does not have to be fought for, or fought over; it does not even have to be waited for.

While there is no doubt that, in its original form, the Gospel was oral, not written, it is not to be wondered at that as the years went by there appeared brief written records, which were eventually expanded and elaborated to form what we know as the four Gospels. For example, the evangelist Luke, who was not, of course, one of the twelve apostles, nor a direct disciple of the Master, had perforce to base his account of Jesus' life and work upon the writings and recollections of others, and he informs us in the opening verses of his Gospel of his desire to do this to the best of his ability.

It is difficult for Christian Scientists today to visualize the conditions confronting Mrs. Eddy in 1883, which led her to publish the Journal of Christian Science as an organ in which to answer pertinent questions coming in increasing volume from her students, and as a means of communicating with the Field and the world.

Mary Baker Eddy the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, says ( Miscellaneous Writings, p. 127 ), "Wise sayings and garrulous talk may fall to the ground, rather than on the ear or heart of the hearer; but a tender sentiment felt, or a kind word spoken, at the right moment, is never wasted.