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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE stands for the promotion of peace. The authority for this statement is found in the Manual of The Mother Church by Mary Baker Eddy ( Art.

DIVINE control is felt and experienced by men through the exalting influence of spiritual understanding. Truth, or God, governs through spiritual law, which destroys erroneous beliefs and lights the way to health, harmony, and freedom.

THE word "inevitable" may, on the surface, appear to be one of sinister meaning, since it is often linked with fear. It is not uncommon to hear it said, "I fear it is inevitable," and the anticipation is obviously of something which one would, if possible, avoid.

WHEN Simon Peter declared that Jesus was the Christ, the Master promptly forestalled any assumption that Peter's declaration might come from an emotional impulse by his immediate reply, "Flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. " On that spiritual recognition of the Christ, Jesus proposed to build his church.

CHAPTERS 56 to 66 of the book of Isaiah appear to date from about 460 B. C.

OUR branch churches at times are confronted with various problems. One problem that may seem to be difficult to solve is that of supply; and this may be due in part to the fact that mortals look upon money as substance.

AT some period during one's growth out of material beliefs to a fuller realization of spiritual existence, there may appear conflicting experiences which confuse and depress thought. One may wonder why he does not receive his healing, or why he is faced with some trying experience, or is in some other condition of discord.

TODAY it is generally admitted that one's progress should be gauged not by a comparison of his work with that of another, but by what he himself has done. The tendency to recognize honest effort serves not only to discourage such undesirable qualities as envy, jealousy, false pride, self-pity, self-righteousness, and self-condemnation, but.

THANKSGIVING always includes joy and peace. One's thought is always at rest when one's giving of thanks is heartfelt and sincere.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE heals. This is attested by the fact of the Christian Science movement itself—by the testimonies given in its churches and periodicals, and by steady growth.