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God and His expression constitute everything there really is. From this it follows that matter and everything material is unreal.

The fact that God's creation is complete is conclusively stated at the beginning of the second chapter of Genesis: "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made.

Frequently one hears among business acquaintances the timeworn query, "Are you making a living these days?" To human sense this seems to be the paramount question. From the standpoint of Christian Science, however, "making a living" is viewed in an entirely different light.

The question "Why?" is a frequent guest in the thought of mankind. We are not content merely to examine effects: we want to know something about cause.

Friendship is so attractive in its offer of happy companionship to individuals of like tastes, pursuits, and aspirations that there can be few indeed who have not at some time awakened and responded to its warm appeal. A dictionary defines "friend" as "one who entertains for another such sentiments as esteem, respect, and affection, that he seeks his society and welfare.

We are told in Matthew that when he came "down from the mountain," where he had delivered his great Sermon, Christ Jesus was approached by a leper who bowed himself in humility and said, "Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. " Jesus, his heart filled with divine love, was moved with divine love, was moved with compassion, and reaching forth his hand, touched the leper and said, "I will; be thou clean;" and immediately the leprosy departed.

Outpost duty is of great importance. Not only allegiance, but caution, loyalty, and watchfulness are needed to make instant discovery of any hostile activity, and thus to avoid danger.

In an address, in 1893, Mary Baker Eddy made the following statement (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 116 ): "The ultimate of scientific research and attainment in divine Science is not an argument: it is not merely saying, but doing, the Word—demonstrating Truth—even as the fruits of watchfulness, prayer, struggles, tears, and triumph.

In fall of 1621, a group of surviving Pilgrims held their first Thanksgiving feast. Despite many months of untold hardships, sufferings, and losses in the new world to which they had migrated seeking freedom from religious persecution, those brave and sturdy pioneers paused to thank God for His bounty and goodness.

A Philosopher of ancient times named Thales, a man of no mean reputation, once declared, "For a man to know himself is the hardest task he can master. " Considering man from the ordinary philosophical and theological viewpoints, that is undoubtedly true, for the hypothetical nature of these viewpoints hinders spiritual selfknowledge.