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Christ Jesus gave to the world the highest Christian standard in his divine command, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. " Although this command is undeviating in its righteous demand, mankind is slowly, yet perceptibly, awakening to the possibility of its fulfillment.

At some time in our lives, the insistent questions come to each one of us: Why am I here? How came I to be here, and for what purpose? In the endeavor to answer these questions thought begins to travel in many directions for something that is comforting, something that will quiet longings and still unsatisfied desires. These questions and the effort to find satisfying answers revolve continuously and inevitably around the one central point, namely, What is existence, or, What is the meaning of existence? The revelation of Christian Science, through Mary Baker Eddy, unfolds the meaning of true existence as substance, reality, good.

OF all the famous manuscripts of the Bible, the Sinaitic Manuscript — or "Codex Sinaiticus," as it is called by scholars — has probably the most romantic history, besides being in the front rank in historical importance. In the year 1844, a renowned Biblical scholar named Tischendorf, while visiting the Monastery of St.

A Subject that seems to occupy human thought most persistently is that of the weather and the conditions pertaining to it. Usually, discussions of this type are based mainly on the belief that the weather is a material state over which humanity has no control; that, good or bad, both it and its effects are ordained of God, and that men must submit to its conditions, no matter what form they may take or how discordant they may be.

Under the marginal heading "Divided loyalty," Mrs. Eddy has said in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.

Speaking generally, it would be held by most persons that activity is normal, and that everyone must do the necessary work before he can enjoy the fruit of his labors. Jesus, when a boy, spoke of being about his Father's business; and Christian Science, in its insistence upon the one Mind, teaches that there can be but one all-inclusive activity—the activity of good—since there is but one God.

John , the beloved disciple of Jesus, proclaimed, "God is love. " What, then, is true loveliness? Does not the universe, including man in God's image and likeness, express "the loveliness of Love"? The answer must be in the affirmative, for, as recorded in the first chapter of Genesis, God pronounced His creation "very good.

Poets and prose writers through the centuries have written much on the subject of hope, for in human experience this quality holds powerful sway, giving scope to thought and pointing to the possibilities of glorious achievement. Mortals, however, often associate with their various hopes the possibility of failure or defeat, but this beautiful transitional quality does not partake of the nature of chance.

Harmony is a manifestation of God, a condition of divine Mind expressed or reflected by man. It is a state of consciousness which is attained by letting the one Mind be in us "which was also in Christ Jesus.

" Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. " Here, in the eleventh chapter of the fourth Gospel, the beloved disciple gives us a glimpse of a beautiful friendship in the life of his Master, sealing, with the sanctity of the Christ, a place for true friendship in human relationships.