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One of the most desirable and necessary things of human life is good health, and the amount of thought, effort, time, and experimentation expended for its attainment and maintenance is incalculable. Still, many there are who find that health is not yet being experienced, and that sickness and discord are all too prevalent in daily living.

" Ask , and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. " These words were uttered by Christ Jesus in his Sermon on the Mount centuries ago, and since that time countless thousands accepting this promise have asked and received of God abundant blessings.

Gratitude to God is a joyous recognition and acknowledgment of good, and of good received. It is a winsome and necessary Christian virtue that oils the wheels of daily living.

On page 261 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy has given her students a reassuring rule which reads, "Hold thought steadfastly to the enduring, the good, and the true, and you will bring these into your experience proportionably to their occupancy of your thoughts.

In Christian Science, love is clearly defined and clearly differentiated from much in human experience that goes by that name; and to anyone gaining an understanding of it, it readily becomes the most interesting thing in the world. It is shown by this Science to be the expression of God, divine Love.

For an adult grown weary with the constant struggle and friction of human daily living, there lies a blessed benediction in Mrs. Eddy's closing words of her First Address in The Mother Church, given May 26, 1895 (Miscellaneous Writings, p.

Deserving more attention from the world than they have yet received are these memorable words of Mary Baker Eddy at the dedication of the Extension of The Mother Church. She said ( The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p.

Out of the depths of fettered lives struggling with human problems constantly comes the cry, "What is the way out?" Yearningly the Psalmist exclaimed, "Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest;" and he adds further, "I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. " What earth-bound heart has not felt the same inner urge, this impulse to fly away, to rise above materiality, to transcend the monotony of everyday existence with its fears, deceptions, and tragedies? This insatiable longing to fly upward—it is not strange, for has the world ever fulfilled our hopes and our dreams? Are we confident that if we had everything the world could give us we should be content? No! So long as our vision and our interests do not extend beyond the realm of sense-testimony, we are confined like birds in a cage, to limitations that would restrict the singing, soaring nature of spiritual individuality.

It is to be noticed that Jesus made his teachings graphic by means of parables. This also should be noticed, that makers of the doctrines which have divided Christendom viewed the parables as stories so well told they did not need to be commented upon.

From a letter dated 1903. Healing is the best sermon, healing is the best lecture, and the entire demonstration of Christian Science.