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Certain statements by Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, come to thought as of particular value in this period of world history. The following is one of them ( Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p.

Jesus said to Philip ( John 14:11 ), "Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. " In the study of any natural science both deductive and inductive methods of reasoning are used.

In the opening verses of Peter's first epistle he gives praise to God for the hope of "an inheritance incorruptible, and undented, and that fadeth not away. " Evidently he was not referring to some far-off good, for he called it "a lively hope," one based on the example of Christ Jesus, and therefore actively usable.

The following words of Christ Jesus to his disciples, "Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations," are of special significance to students of Christian Science. It is most essential for them to gain a correct understanding of the word "temptation" as the Master used it, in order to work out their salvation as he did.

Christian Science is a divine revelation, whereby mankind may learn to utilize the spiritual facts of being to eradicate false material beliefs. It reduces to human apprehension the realities of divine being, and reveals the real identity of man as God's image.

" If He be with us, the wayside is a sanctuary, and the desert a resting-place peopled with living witnesses of the fact that 'God is Love. '" In these comforting words ( Miscellaneous Writings, p.

During the period of establishing a Christian Science branch church and the building of its edifice, there is much fervor, devotion to purpose, and co-operative enthusiasm expressed by the members. Frequently meetings of church members are held in which discussions of the spiritual significance of "Church" serve as the fulcrum upon which the lever of ways and means may rest.

In the record of creation as given in the first chapter of Genesis we are told that God's first command was, "Let there be light. " Deity spake and it was done.

Words that bring courage to those who may feel burdened by the strife of material living are found on page 22 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. She writes, "Final deliverance from error, whereby we rejoice in immortality, boundless freedom, and sinless sense, is not reached through paths of flowers nor by pinning one's faith without works to another's vicarious effort.

In the Gospel of Luke it is related of Jesus that when "a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus, moved by that spiritual discernment with which he approached all problems, detected the personal outlook of his questioner and replied, "Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. " Since Jesus expressed good in his every thought and act, clearly he was not repudiating his own good living, but was emphasizing the impersonal nature of good as an ever present divine attribute, in contradistinction to the belief that it was a personal possession.