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On page 4 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, declares that "what we most need is the prayer of fervent desire for growth in grace. " This passage and others in the same work show the great importance which Mrs.

To lovers of beautiful literature, the writings of Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, abound in passages of unsurpassed richness and color. An arresting example of this is to be found in the Preface to her book "Miscellaneous Writings" ( pp.

Approaching a range of high mountains that extended across their pathway as far as the eye could see, some motorists amused themselves by speculating at what point they would enter and cross the range, for their destination lay many miles beyond the mountains. Each had a different opinion, but none was correct, for they entered a mountain pass that could not be seen from a distance.

Students of the Scriptures have frequently found it difficult rightly to regard the presentation of Truth in its eternal, unchanging, and absolute aspect, and the application of Truth to the human footsteps relative to progress, in overcoming the obstacles of mortal sense. The many writers of the sacred books, living in different ages and under varied governments, and experiencing various degrees of inspiration, sometimes represented God as "beholding the evil and the good," and a mortal as mourning, "My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

A Dictionary defines the word "determination" in part as follows: "The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision; resoluteness. " These synonyms of "determination" are also given: "Conclusion, judgment, purpose; resolution, resolve, firmness.

One of the Ten Commandments provides that the Sabbath day shall be remembered and kept holy. In various ways men have been subjected to definite laws regarding the observance of this ordinance.

It was a bright summer's day and a student of Christian Science was looking out through the window upon the beauties of the countryside. His interest was aroused by the discovery that, when viewed through one part of the window, houses and trees appeared misshapen, while through another section of the pane the same objects seemed almost unrecognizable.

On page 505 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, we read: "Understanding is the line of demarcation between the real and unreal. Spiritual understanding unfolds Mind,—Life, Truth, and Love,— and demonstrates the divine sense, giving the spiritual proof of the universe in Christian Science.

By watching an apple fall from a tree to the ground, Sir Isaac Newton is said to have been led to the discovery of what is termed the law of gravitation. Briefly stated, gravitation is a force which, acting on all material bodies throughout the universe, causes them to be attracted or drawn to one another.

In the sixteenth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew is recorded a remarkable statement pertaining to church. Christ Jesus had attracted great throngs about him by wondrous signs of his divine authority—healing the sick, raising the dead, feeding the thousands, and proclaiming that the kingdom of God is at hand.