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With loving eagerness does the student of Christian Science pore over the prayers of the master Christian, Christ Jesus, especially those recorded in the seventeenth chapter of John, where he says: "Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: .

Complete salvation from all evil—sin, disease, poverty, want, sorrow, death—is ready and waiting for every individual on earth. It is not located in some far-off heaven beyond the skies, nor is it an experience confined to a dim and distant future.

The revelation of Christian Science, which came to Mary Baker Eddy and was elucidated by her in the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," sheds upon the inspired Biblical records the illumination of spiritual interpretation, and unfolds, for all mankind, the deep spiritual significance and practical import of the sacred Scriptures. In the light of this truth such unfoldment can be traced in relation to the Passover and the feast of unleavened bread, which were instituted by Moses in the dawn of Israelitish history.

Humanity is beset by the false belief of unjust decrees. It has been found that many of the undesirable edicts are self-imposed, and that all are traceable to human opinions or mistaken views of life mentally entertained and left undestroyed.

Jesus ' injunction to Peter, "Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation," is, if obeyed, a blessing and protection to all mankind, since there is no one who does not have temptation of some sort to meet. Throughout the epistles, as recorded in the New Testament, the warning to watch is sounded.

Some years ago, a student of Christian Science took her books into a quiet garden, expecting to spend a long afternoon in study. After she had read for some time, a smiling, snowily-clad nurse and two fair-haired children came and occupied a seat near her.

With the assurance born of divine authority, the loving Jesus said, "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. " Before uttering these memorable words, the Master had tested their truth in his own experience.

In a letter to a branch church on the occasion of its dedication, Mrs. Eddy wrote, "The praiseworthy success of this church, and its united efforts to build an edifice in which to worship the infinite, sprang from the temples erected first in the hearts of its members—the unselfed love that builds without hands, eternal in the heaven of Spirit" ( The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p.

One is justified in stating that the expansion of human knowledge has resulted in many advantages. Modern inventions, and the consequent ease of daily life in civilized countries, are the natural outcome of what we are accustomed to call education.

The application of Christian Science to human needs comes about through understanding and proving the government of God. Not by academic means, not by merely intellectual development, not in human modes, is Christian Science demonstrated; but through growing acquaintance with and love for the divine will.