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Man  lives by divine decree. He is created, governed, supported, and controlled in accord with the law of God.

In the first chapter of Genesis we read that God determined the name and nature of all His ideas, and many times it is declared, "God saw that it was good. " Then in the allegory in the second chapter, we read that Adam gave names to all the creatures, these names standing for qualities which were not to be found in the divine creation.

On page 463 of Science and Health Mrs. Eddy has written,"The material physician gropes among phenomena, which fluctuate every instant under influences not embraced in his diagnosis.

As illumined by the teachings of our text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, every honest seeker after truth has in the Bible an unerring guide and counselor, an infallible remedy for every discordant condition, physical, mental, or moral.

Many who are not Christian Scientists, who have never seen or admitted any demonstration of healing, find it difficult to accept its teachings because these do not appeal to their common sense. Being contrary to "fact," as such persons would claim, they seem unreasonable, and hence they are not accepted.

There are a number of recognized Christian virtues, such as unselfishness, meekness, and self sacrifice, which are not only very unpopular with the world at large, but which, when practised from the human standpoint, seem actually to encourage or even to produce the opposite traits in others. Probably we all have among our acquaintances at least one faithful, unselfish person whose attitude we feel opens the way for the stubbornness and self-will of some bosom companion and the frequent imposition of people in general.

The narrative in the twenty first chapter of St. John's gospel takes us back to the scene and circumstances of the early ministry of Jesus.

The Bible may be called the textbook of Christianity. In it is revealed the way of life, the truth that solves every problem, enabling men to overcome all evil and to rise above the limitations of material sense.

A System is to be tested by its product. "By their fruits ye shall know them," said the Master.

It would be hard to find words which have brought greater consolation to the human race than these: "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. " Even when people have not fully apprehended their meaning, they have still conveyed a hope which has tended to support them amid the discomforts and sorrows of life.