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Exploring in depth what Christian Science is and how it heals.

THE SCIENTIFIC PLAN OF ABUNDANCE

The world is filled with plans for gaining abundance. The earnest thought given to the care of the needy and to the supply of those who have not, is a hopeful sign of today.

A SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS MAN

The business of man is expressing God. The high occupation of the real man is continuous and eternal expression of divine Mind's qualities.

MEETING DIVINE LOVE

A simple , profound statement in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, which is often repeated, frequently applied, and dearly loved is that found on page 494 : "Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need. " It conveys promise, assurance, and fulfillment, and through the application of the truth therein many have been healed of sickness, sorrow, and lack.

THE VERSIONS OF AQUILA, SYMMACHUS, AND THEODOTION

Despite the general acceptance of the Septuagint, prepared in Egypt about the third century b. c, there were other scholars who, in the succeeding centuries, undertook the provision of alternative Greek rendering of the Hebrew Scriptures.

LEAVING OUR NETS

A Quiet man was once "walking by the sea of Galilee" when he "saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea. " Matthew, in a brief account of this incident, writes simply that Simon and Andrew "were fishers.

TRUE CONSCIOUSNESS

One's experiences largely depend upon thoughts one harbors in one's consciousness. Christian Science is teaching mankind how to become conscious of the supremacy of Spirit, God.

"WE PAUSE,—WAIT ON GOD"

In Lamentations ( 3:25 ) we read, "The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. " What does it mean to wait on God? To wait on God is to be obedient to divine Principle.

TRUTH AND LOVE

The thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians clearly describes charity, a fundamental essential of every Christlike life, and enumerates some of the attributes by which this virtue is expressed in our daily lives. Since the word here translated "charity" means "love," it is love that never fails us.

"SUCH AS I HAVE"

In that remarkable incident related in the third chapter of Acts of the healing of the lame man by Peter and John, at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, Peter's words are deeply significant: "Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee. " One is impressed at once by the fact that Peter knew the value of the spiritual understanding which he had gained.

THE PEACEFUL VIEW

One day a student of Christian Science was presented with a photograph of a certain stretch of land taken from high in the air. As she looked at what she had thought was a very familiar scene, she was impressed by the increased beauty and grandeur as well as the tranquillity revealed from this new and higher vantage point.