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Christian scientists are ever ready to express their sincere gratitude for their religion; they are generous in their deep and earnest protestations of the great benefits they have enjoyed from the utilization of Christian Science, but this gratitude must be expressed in action. In order to become more active in expressing gratitude, it is important for each Christian Scientist to recognize and to cherish the orderly process of Truth's unfolding in his experience; for in this way he is better equipped to recall to himself, and to share with others, the practical, helpful means through which he has been led into a conscious possession of spiritual knowledge.

Religious services, or teaching and healing, marked the very beginning of Christ Jesus' public ministry, and the Gospels show that the disciples accompanied him and participated in these ministrations. The Bible records how Jesus had prepared himself for his mighty service to mankind by prayer and fasting, by overcoming temptation in the wilderness, and then proving his preaching in "healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

MARY BAKER EDDY , whose spiritual vision was clear enough to discover the truth of being, has defined Christian Science, her discovery, as "the law of God, the law of good, interpreting and demonstrating the divine Principle and rule of universal harmony" ( Rudimental Divine Science, p. 1 ).

The word "demonstration" is an important one in the terminology of Christian Science. In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, says ( p.

The formation of a branch church or society, according to the Rules provided in the Manual of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts (Art. XXIII, Sect.

Discouragement should be recognized as an evil, tending to retard growth in character and check righteous activity. Certainly one who is floundering in the quagmire of despondency is not advancing along the highway to heaven, nor serving as a useful member of society.

Great progress towards final freedom and spiritual understanding was attained as the truth of monotheism dawned upon the Jewish nation. For many years after the worship of Jehovah was established, the people's concept of Him was crude, material, and limited.

Perhaps everyone is ready and willing to admit that the more clearly he understands a truth, the greater is the confidence he has in it and the less he is confused or disturbed by any arguments which might arise in an attempt to refute or reverse it. He remains secure in the truth proportionably to his understanding of it and his ability to prove it.

Nearly two thousand years ago the way of salvation for all mankind was taught and demonstrated by Christ Jesus, the Founder of Christianity. For centuries, however, the full, mighty, and practical import of his teachings was partially and temporarily obscured.

The understanding of God as "the great I am" ( Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 587 ) throws a clearer light upon the naturalness and ever-availability of divine power.