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Mrs. Eddy writes in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (pp.

People , generally speaking, have looked upon "presence of mind" as a gift, recognizing it as instantaneous in action; and, moreover, it has been observed that those expressing it possess the wisdom for immediate decision and action that might not be evidenced so speedily if a process of human reasoning had to be pursued. The presence of Mind, as the words imply, in reality is ever present, ever available divine intelligence.

Perfection alone escapes the need of modification or correction. Man, the divine reflection, is not susceptible of alteration, deterioration, or change.

"Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. " So wrote Paul to the Romans.

"Loose him, and let him go. " These words spoke Jesus to those around him, and Lazarus, bound hand and foot with grave clothes, came forth from the grave.

Thought at the point of discovery is ever fresh and joyous, and to it new views of spiritual beauty and harmony are continually appearing. From this point radiates the light of spiritual understanding, whereby God and man are seen to be at-one.

When a spiritual idea dawns upon human consciousness, its establishment, development, and protection necessarily involve both organization and time. From the standpoint of absolute Christian Science, however, according to its Discoverer and Founder, Mary Baker Eddy, in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p.

JEREMY TAYLOR makes a strong and vigorous comparison when he likens humility to "a tree whose root, when it sets deepest in the earth, rises higher, and spreads fairer, and stands surer, and lasts longer, and every step of its descent is like a rib of iron. " Was there ever a time when the "rib of iron" was needed more in world affairs and in individual life than in this age of unrest and of changing conditions? In the struggle between capital and labor, between selfish interests and one's duty to one's fellow-men, how seldom humility seems to be thought of as the "rib of iron" which is needed to make the world a unit of power and strength, towering upward and heavenward in lofty ideals! Equally as bold and forceful is the statement made by King Solomon, "By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life,"—three most desirable things from the human standpoint, yet how rarely sought in the pathway of humility! In fact, humility generally has seemed to hold an inferior place in the esteem of the world's great potentates.

Referring to the First Commandment, which she calls her "favorite text," Mrs. Eddy, on page 340 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," states: "The divine Principle of the First Commandment bases the Science of being, by which man demonstrates health, holiness, and life eternal.

Man's unity with God is a fact, but a fact which each must prove for himself. Spiritually discerned, man is the full reflection of God.