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Independence is the right of all, and is desired and sought by all mankind. Individuals may work long and faithfully, but in vain, to attain independence through material means.

Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, discerned the subjective nature of human experience and stated in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 86 ): "Mortal mind sees what it believes as certainly as it believes what it sees.

Christian Scientists are especially grateful that, through the teachings of their Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, the utterances of our Master, Christ Jesus, can be understood in their spiritual meaning. It is spiritual sense which illumines the Word and reveals its true meaning.

The Lesson-Sermons in the Christian Science Quarterly provide a unique and most profitable course of study for anyone who will diligently read and ponder the citations day by day. Furthermore, it is study, available and beneficial to all, to young and old, to the beginner as well as to the more seasoned worker.

Recently the nations of the earth have been classified in public thought as the "haves" and the "have nots," the first being credited with abundant resources and some measure of self-sufficiency, the second being subject to lack and dependence. This difference is supposed to result in economic disturbance, and to be a spur to certain movements which threaten world peace.

The natural right of a man or a woman is to express God and thus to demonstrate Godlikeness. This is a divine right, and the Christian Scientist is called upon to prove that God's plan of boundless freedom for all His perfect creation is the only plan that truly exists.

In that incomparable compendium of true Christian ethics which our great Master, Jesus the Christ, gave to the world, the Sermon on the Mount, are set forth the qualities of thought which bring God's blessings into our lives. Such a high estimate did Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, place upon this sermon that on one occasion she wrote (Message to The Mother Church for 1901, p.

The life of Mary Baker Eddy is unique in the history of human accomplishments, but her work, concerned with the spiritual regeneration of humanity, has not as yet met with the world-wide acclaim which its grandeur merits. The path of reformers who have sought to bring spiritual enlightenment to the world has never been an easy one.

MRS. EDDY began her work of healing and teaching at Lynn, Massachusetts, and its benign influence was felt in Salem, Ipswich, Amesbury, Stoughton, Haverhill, Newburyport, Boston, and in such environs of Boston as Charlestown, Roxbury, and Cambridge.

" GOD is to be understood, adored, and demonstrated. " In this statement, which may be found in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.