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

THE GENIUS OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

THE one to whom Christian Science was revealed, Mary Baker Eddy, states in "Miscellaneous Writings" ( p. 365 ) that "its genius is right thinking and right acting, physical and moral harmony.

SEEING ERROR AS BELIEF

THE application of Christian Science to the solution of human problems can be successful only as we realize that we live in a world of consciousness, a mental realm, and that every problem is essentially mental. In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.

MAN'S USEFULNESS

MAN is dependent upon infinite Mind, or Principle, for his usefulness. The source or basis of man's usefulness is dependable, reliable, trustworthy, constant, and continuous.

RIGHT BUSINESS ACTIVITY

ACCORDING to the Bible, spirituality is supremely desirable, and its quest should be the genuine business of everyone. Theoretically, this statement wins general acceptance with religious thinkers.

JAMES makes one of the supreme tests of the religious life the attitude to others. For him, the Christian Community is essentially a democracy, more exactly a brotherhood, in which all superficial differences as between rich and poor drop away.

THE Epistle of James is .

OTHER DISCONTINUED MODES

AT the end of 1886, the Christian Science movement was represented by a complexity of organizations. There were the Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, and a few churches at other places.

"SWEET SILENT PRAYER"

"Sweet silent prayer, sweet silent prayer, Thou art the shining angel stair Where thought climbs up to God and then Brings back His blessings unto men. " Listening to these words from the solo sung at a communion service in a Christian Science church, a member of the congregation was awakened to a profound sense of gratitude for the provision made in the Manual of The Mother Church for silent prayer in all Christian Science church services.

OUR READING ROOM

IT is evident, to those who are in a position to know, that a great redemptive work is being accomplished by the Christian Science Reading Rooms. Many grateful men and women have testified to the good they have received through their reading and meditation therein, having found in the Reading Rooms a refuge from the cares and disappointments of human existence, and having gained peace, harmony, and healing within their portals.

A CAREER OF CONSECRATED SERVICE

IN the swiftly changing and interesting panorama of world events the thoughtful observer beholds a great social evolution. In order to pursue a worth-while career amid these fleeting and often discordant elements of modern life, workers in the vast field of human endeavor, as well as those college youths who at the commencement season stand upon the threshold of wider experience, must consider their individual relation to organized society for the purpose of seeking to give definite service therein.