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

DIVINE LAW

LAW which is real, invariable, unchangeable, is divine, spiritual. It can always be stated in the singular; for though it may be given many names, as the law of reflection, the law of expression, it is always the law of God, of Spirit; hence, spiritual law.

"A CITY OF TRUTH"

IN many of the prophetic passages of the Scriptures, Jerusalem is called the city of God; and in Zechariah we read, "And Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth. " This city, Jerusalem, is therefore symbolical of the spiritualized consciousness; hence we can understand that the fundamental truth of Jesus' declaration, "Except ye.

IMMUNITY

FREEDOM or exemption has been defined as equivalent to the word "immunity. " The great desire of mankind the world over is to obtain freedom or exemption from evil.

SERVING THE CAUSE

CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS rejoice in the progress of the Christian Science movement, knowing that this progress has been achieved through the power of divine Mind, reflected in spiritual activity by Mary Baker Eddy and her loyal followers. As unselfed love, humility, and obedience to spiritual law have gained the victory over personal sense in individual consciousness, The Mother Church and its branches have moved forward in their conquest of evil's collective claims.

ADVANCING HEAVENWARD

CHRIST JESUS has set to all a very high standard in his words. "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

"OUR SUFFIENCY IS OF GOD"

ON page 371 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, there is a statement which should quiet the troubled human sense of inability to meet the human need, by showing the sufficiency and presence of divine help. It reads: "The necessity for uplifting the race is father to the fact that Mind can do it.

PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY

STANDING near the edifice of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, a gentleman, not a Christian Scientist, was heard to declare: "I always speak of Mrs. Eddy as the Discoverer and Founder of the scientific application of the teachings of Jesus Christ.

SUBDUING THE WILL

AT a time in the world's history when the minds of men were in great agitation, a statesman projected into the arena of thought the word "self-determination. " Many thinkers have wished with great earnestness that the word "self-government" could have been used instead.

THE DISENTANGLING PROCESS

THE process of untangling false concepts from our thinking and supplanting them with the truth, must be seen as the fundamental work of each individual; and the vital necessity of its thoroughness must be apprehended, if one is to avoid the discouraging experience of frequently having to go back to correct the mistakes made in superficially applying the law of divine Principle. When healing has come through the application of the truth as revealed in Christian Science, one is often so uplifted by the experience that one's whole pathway in life seems illumined with the light of freedom.

OPPORTUNITY

ON pages 232 and 233 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy writes, "There is neither place nor opportunity in Science for error of any sort.