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During the seventy-two years just passed, humanity has had the great privilege of witnessing the establishment of a scientific discovery so revolutionary in its applications that it is destined eventually to transform the entire human consciousness, and so vast in its implications that it can be understood and appreciated only through immense spiritual growth. This discovery by Mary Baker Eddy of the Science of Mind, or Christian Science, as she named it, was the natural unfoldment and culmination of the successive divine intimations to human consciousness of those things which are wholly spiritual.

Frequently situations arise in human affairs which seem obscure and difficult of solution. Whatever proposal of solution presents itself to human thought may seem fraught with penalties, so that the putting of a given proposal or several proposals into operation might apparently make the situation worse than before the efforts to do so were made.

While the Revised Version of the Bible was prepared by a large group of thoroughly competent scholars, their insight and scholarship were often obscured or limited by a policy of conservatism, partly self-imposed by the group, and partly required by the Anglican Council which sponsored the rendering. Laudable though such caution was up to a point, as obviating any extreme or unwarranted changes, on the other hand it meant that certain changes, however justifiable, could not be made because of their novelty.

In one simple sentence Christ Jesus gave to humanity the key to an infallible, scientific healing method, when he spoke these memorable words to one of the rulers of the synagogue: "Be not afraid, only believe. " Bible students are familiar with the incident.

The prophet Isaiah, in joyful thanksgiving, sang, "Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. " He then left this promised blessing to those who likewise put their trust in God: "Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

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.