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Exploring in depth what Christian Science is and how it heals.

THE VALUE OF AFFIRMATIONS OF TRUTH

WHEN Jesus, questioned by Pilate, "gave him no answer," was it because he knew there was no need for justifying either himself or his deeds? Pilate's rebuke, "Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?" was met with Jesus' ready affirmation, "Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above. " The Master knew that since God is good, the only power He gives is good, and that the belief in a power apart from and opposed to God could have no power over him.

TRUE POSSESSIONS

OUR true possessions are always spiritual; they are never material. Material things, however abundant, of themselves never actually satisfy.

"ALL CAME TO PASS"

IN Joshua we read, "There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. " When Joshua, the son of Nun, led the children of Israel into the promised land, the land flowing with milk and honey, he, like Moses, consciously talked with God.

"THE IMAGE OF THE HEAVENLY"

HEAVENLY joy, heavenly peace, heavenly harmony—how greatly does the human heart yearn to be aware of the ever-presence, the ever-nearness, of these glorious qualities and conditions! Human life seems so beset by disappointments, so filled with sorrow and trials, that to thought as yet untouched by spiritual illumination the divine fact that heaven in all its radiant perfection is present here and now seems to be incredible and beyond understanding. Nevertheless, however unattainable it may seem, and however little acknowledged, all have the desire for the perfect harmony which is heaven.

"YE SHALL BE WITNESSES UNTO ME"

THE great transformation which Christianity early effected had its inception deep and unseen in the hearts of Jesus' disciples and early followers. They had become convinced of the reality of God's creation and of the infallibility of divine law.

DEMONSTRATING SPIRITUAL TRUTH

A MOST important fact is that the teachings of Christian Science are demonstrable, provable. Based as they are on the truth revealed by Christ Jesus, these teachings bear testimony to the promise he set forth, namely, "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also," and substantiate his injunction "to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

TWO COMMANDMENTS

TO the earnest student of Christian Science, especially to one who has long been in bondage to some error, comes the realization that the solution of all problems is to be found in the simple truth of the statements made by Mary Baker Eddy in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 225 ), "Love is the liberator;" and ( p.

SPIRITUAL REGENERATION

IN studying "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, it is interesting to note the insistent teaching that error must be relinquished and the spiritual facts of being accepted. On page 400 it is written, "Mortals obtain the harmony of health, only as they forsake discord, acknowledge the supremacy of divine Mind, and abandon their material beliefs.

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE is the Science of divine, immaculate, eternal being. It is the Science of the creator and His creation.

THE REALM INDESTRUCTIBLE

BE ye holy; for I am holy," is the command of God recorded by Moses and authoritatively reiterated by the Apostle Peter. This divine edict is God's direct statement to man of the glorious fact of his being, related in the first chapter of Genesis, that man is the image and likeness of God.