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When Moses inquired as to the identity of the one who spoke from the burning bush, God said: "I AM THAT I AM: .

Many centuries ago a great Teacher, sitting on a hillside, preached a Sermon which is now known in almost every land. This Sermon on the Mount may in part be used and quoted by some who are not even aware of the origin of the wise words.

The Christian Science church was organized as a Mind-healing church, and the life and substance of this church is truly the spiritual understanding demonstrated individually by its members in healing the sick, the troubled, the sinning. The individual and collective light of this understanding constitutes the appeal of each branch church to its community.

It is the glorious privilege of every student in Christian Science, whether he is just beginning to study or is more experienced in the study of divine Truth, to bear witness joyously and gratefully to the omnipotence of God and to man's reflected dominion. The humble acknowledgment of the all-power of infinite Love brings to consciousness the positive conviction that there is, and can be, no power separate from God.

In spite of the seeming din and clamor attendant upon a false, material sense of living, the "still small voice" of Truth is ever speaking to all who will listen. That this voice is being heard is indicated by an increasing recognition of the fact that the perfect and permanent salvation of mankind can come only through a demonstrable understanding of the spiritual nature of the real man and the real universe.

The very first word of the Lord's Prayer should bring the humble recognition of God's impartial love for all His children. The use of "our" rather than "my," should teach us that true prayer is not asking for oneself alone, but is a brotherly desire for the unfoldment of God's blessings to the whole human family, irrespective of one's place in the social scale of human standards.

A Right idea is always needed for correction of a wrong concept. When the spiritual idea of Being dawned upon the receptive thought of Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, enabling her to discern Deity as infinite Mind, divine Principle, the agelong belief that God was the author of a material creation began to lose its hold upon human thought.

The living beauty of heaven as revealed through the teachings of Christian Science has filled countless hearts with deep and lasting joy. The age-old concept of heaven as a distant, nebulous spot where God is enthroned, arbitrarily summoning His children to Him one by one through a process that stings with grief and stabs with dread, fades before the truth presented by Christian Science.

When , nineteen hundred years ago, the Roman governor of Judea half cynically asked of one brought before him, Christ Jesus, "What is truth?" he little realized that he was asking the most momentous question of all time. At that moment Pontius Pilate may be regarded as having become the mouthpiece of all the bewildered millions of mortals who had asked in their hearts the same question.

The establishment of our identity is at times a matter of considerable importance. In proof of our right to an inheritance, in vindication of innocence, or in crossing the border of another country, it is necessary that we prove beyond doubt who we are.