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ONE of the valuable assets gained through the study and application of Christian Science is the knowledge of the power of prayer and its availability in the needs of mankind. Rightly understood, prayer is the inbreathing of the spiritual, life-giving power of God; it is "the Christian's vital breath.

IT is a great privilege to be living in the twentieth century. In 1895 Mary Baker Eddy said ( Pulpit and Press, p.

THE nations of the world, as well as the individuals making up their ranks, are facing problems that are common to all, and many men are turning to God as never before in their search for a spiritual solution to these distressing difficulties. Perhaps one of the most stubborn stumblingblocks at the present time is that of lack in some form — lack of understanding, lack of money, of employment, friends, health, happiness.

IF Mrs. Eddy had been satisfied to remain within the comfort of her own healing; if she had been content to enjoy her metaphysical discovery as merely her own private philosophy; or had she accepted conformity and peace rather than the sacrifices and hardships of the pioneer — where would Christian Science, and you, and I, and the world be today? Her vision of the truth, her love for mankind, her unselfish, unswerving determination to share what she had with others, brought her through trial and effort, suffering and demonstration, into being not only the Discoverer, but also the Founder, of Christian Science.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE is teaching human beings that their struggles are not with persons, conditions, or events, but with suppositional material sense. It is also revealing that through spiritual sense is discerned the relationship between God and man, which is eternal and indestructible.

ONE of the most familiar and best-loved statements in the Christian Science textbook declares that "divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 494 ).

It was "the wilderness of Judæa," from which the Baptist .

The first legal aid or hindrance experienced by the Christian Science movement may have been either an aid or a hindrance. In 1875, after Mrs.

The Bible teaches us that God made all that was made, that He "saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. " This statement of fact is unalterable.

In the study of Christian Science humanity learns the value — nay, the necessity — of establishing its thinking upon a sound basis, the bed rock of Truth. The individual who studiously approaches this subject begins immediately to recognize that superficial thinking or living is not conducive to success or happiness, and that ephemeral qualities cannot fulfill the imperative demands for practical demonstration gained through the consistent application of both the spirit and the letter of this Science.