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In working out his problems, the student of Christian Science finds that he must learn, sooner or later, to replace every false material concept with its true spiritual counterpart. This is no less the case with time than with anything else.

Mary Baker Eddy, in her great love for mankind, has given to the world her inspired writings, which clearly and completely expound Christian Science. The Discoverer and Founder of this Science has proved her right to be known as a seer; and her writings, based upon the Scriptures, are authoritative.

Every sincere seeker after Truth, as revealed in Christian Science, soon learns the value of scientific discrimination. Possibly, one has first been attracted to Christian Science through learning by its teaching that God is the only cause of all that really exists.

In the sixteenth chapter of Mark's Gospel it is recorded that Jesus, at the close of his ministry, admonished his disciples, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. " He concluded by enumerating certain signs which were to follow those who believed in his doctrine.

On page 176 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," under the marginal heading "Diseases not to be classified," Mrs. Eddy writes, "One disease is no more real than another.

On pages 82 and 83 of "Miscellaneous Writings" our beloved Leader says that God, Mind, "is the divine intelligence, or Principle, of all real being; holding man forever in the rhythmic round of unfolding bliss, as a living witness to and perpetual idea of inexhaustible good. " To a world harassed by fear, torn with suffering, threatened with disaster, this message of Christian Science that man's well-being is not the sport of chance or circumstance, but is forever established and governed by unerring law, wholly beneficent and universally operative, comes as healing balm; for inseparable from the message are the confidence, certainty, and comfort which it inspires.

Membership in an Association of the pupils of a loyal teacher of Christian Science is a membership authorized and regulated by the Manual of The Mother Church, and therefore carries with it definite responsibility. Becoming a member of an Association follows immediately on class instruction, and is therefore entirely voluntary, since teachers of Christian Science are not permitted to "solicit, or cause or permit others to solicit, pupils for their classes" (Church Manual, Art.

Christian Science never demands of anyone more than he is able to practice. However overwhelming may seem the evidence before the material senses, there is a way out, even though to one's limited view this may appear impossible.

It has been claimed by opponents of prohibition, who seek to justify the use of intoxicating beverages, that Jesus approved the use of these in providing wine at the wedding feast in Cana of Galilee, as recorded in the second chapter of the Gospel of John. In the illumination which the understanding of Christian Science imparts, this miracle is inspiring and beautiful.

In the tenth chapter of the Gospel of Luke there is recorded a parable by Christ Jesus that has undoubtedly been the inspiration of many deeds of kindness of which the world has never heard, but which, nevertheless, have had an influence upon the lives of many. It will be remembered that when a certain lawyer sought the Master and asked what he should do to inherit eternal life, Jesus, after questioning him on the law and in reply to his further query, "Who is my neighbour?" related the parable of the good Samaritan, which all Christians have come to regard as an enduring example of unselfed love.