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After her discovery of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy was divinely directed to proclaim the truth to mankind. Therefore, about the year 1867 she opened the first school of Christian Science Mind-healing, in Lynn, Massachusetts, with a single student.

In the first chapter of St. John's Gospel it is written, "The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

Christianity made practical will save men from the effects of crime and reconstruct the wrongdoer into a right thinker. For example, a case of healing was once reported in The Mother Church.

During the course of his famous address given on the summit of Mars' Hill at Athens, the Apostle Paul, wisely fastening upon the elements of truth to be found in the religion or philosophy of his audience, affirmed that in God "we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring" ( Acts 17:28 ). This passage of itself is sufficient to suggest that in the thought of the apostle there were non-Christian writings current in the Graeco-Roman world which paved the way for the gospel which he preached.

Mankind's only true resource is a correct understanding of God and of His spiritual idea, the Christ. Mary Baker Eddy writes in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.

Spiritual life is joyous, glorious, grand, free! The sincere student of Christian Science goes through each day with a song of gratitude in his heart as he bends his efforts to demonstrate the truth of the Psalmist's words, "Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. " As we understand the truth of the omnipresence of God and draw closer to divine Love, we gain the true sense of joy, which dispels the false concept of life as being sorrowful, fearful, filled with false responsibilities and limitations.

" The fashion of this world passeth away. " So wrote Paul in his first letter to the Corinthians.

One of the first lessons Christian Scientists learn is to accept spiritual revelations from God, Mind, and, contrariwise, to reject by denial all suggestions springing from any belief in intelligent matter or mortal mind. In "Miscellaneous Writings" Mary Baker Eddy distinguishes mortal mind from immortal Mind when she writes thus ( p.

Divine Science has always existed. It is the law of God, which is as eternal as God and coexists with Him.

The prophet Micah sets forth with unmistakable clearness a wise and righteous course of action which all men should follow, if practical Christianity is to be attained and demonstrated, in the words, "He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?" Throughout all ages, and under all circumstances and conditions, the goodness of God has remained an established fact, apparent to all who possessed even a small degree of spiritual understanding. To the humble and obedient seekers of Truth, God has revealed His goodness in beautiful and unmistakable ways.