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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.

Christian Scientists joyously recognize that Christ Jesus had unqualified success in healing sin and disease, and even in overcoming death for others and for himself. They long to attain the same altitude of spiritual understanding and ability; and they keep this high standard ever before them.

What a word is freedom; how little understood, yet how earnestly sought after by mankind! All the world loves the thought of freedom, but few are agreed as to its nature or how to achieve it. Paul, having demanded his legal protection as a Roman citizen, said to the chief captain, "I was free born.

Mortals believe themselves to be members of a fallen race, a weak and stumbling race, hedged about by unnumbered limitations and bound by a thousand chains. But the real man is unfallen, perfect, absolutely free; his faculties cannot be impaired, nor can his harmony be invaded.

True self-consciousness is concerned with the understanding of man as spiritual. False self-consciousness is concerned with the belief of man as mortal.

Despite the unique importance and widespread popularity of the Authorized Version, there gradually arose a cry for its revision, and in considering the reasons for this cry, it may be recalled that the King James translation was itself "but the best of many revisions" (Hoare: Evolution of the English Bible, p. 270).

Unswerving purpose! The very word "unswerving" tends to lift thought above false thinking —above the petty, the mean, the wavering—into purposeful effort. What a standard our Leader established in setting before us this unswerving, undeviating purpose! As Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, when she understood the great Master's purpose and mission, when she saw that his "mighty works are not supernatural, but supremely natural" ( Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Pref.

In the eleventh chapter of Hebrews is set forth a striking picture of the faith, courage, and spiritual power of a long line of Biblical characters through whose trust in God, and masterful achievements, there was revealed to the world the unfolding Christ-idea and the power of God. Faith in God was paramount in their lives, and their allegiance to Truth was unwavering.