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IN Science and Health Mrs. Eddy says, "Heaven is not a locality, but a divine state of Mind in which all the manifestations of Mind are harmonious and immortal, because sin is not there" ( p.

STUDY of the Bible, however careful, without the "Key" that opens up its spiritual meaning, and therefore its use to us, is much like the study of some lovely piece of silk embroidery from the back instead of the front. The difficulties of the work may be seen from the back,—the knots and the fastenings; the great labor and patience which were required may be understood, and something of the design and coloring may be guessed at; but who that had never seen embroidery except from the back would in this way have any idea as to what it is like? Many people in their youth are obliged to spend much time in studying the Bible from this point of view, and it is not very surprising if in later years they discontinue such discouraging and unprofitable work.

AS far back as the records of the human race extend, there are to be found startling evidences of the misuse of a great and beautiful spiritual fact under the guise of mediatorship. This spiritual fact is that God, as Mind or intelligence, communicates Himself to men, and the spiritual perception and reception of this divine communication is the mediator between God and mankind, the truth which converts, reforms, regenerates, and redeems.

MRS. EDDY writes, "We know no more of man as the true divine image and likeness, than we know of God" ( Science and Health, p.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE seeks primarily the moral regeneration of mankind, the physical healing which is effected being properly secondary to the main import of this teaching. The basis of all disease is found in conscious or unconscious indulgence in sin, and in dealing effectively with sin, Truth uncovers and destroys the cause of disease.

EXPERIENCE was once defined as "chiefly mistake," and in so far as earthly experience goes, this definition is apt to be exact; for through the correction of mistakes, humanity elects to learn its lessons. The starting-point of all true experience must necessarily be spiritual.

CHRISTIANITY , as it was understood and practised during the early Christian era, included not only the preaching of the gospel but the healing of the sick, and this healing meant not merely the overcoming of disease and pain, but the overcoming of sorrow, sin, and misery of every character. The healing effect which resulted from an understanding of the gospel taught by Jesus, was in the nature of a proof of the correctness of his teaching, and it was this healing effect which differentiated his teaching from other religious systems then in vogue, and which attracted to it the attention of the civilized world.

AT eight o'clock on a Saturday morning some time ago, a young man visited a Christian Scientist and asked for help. "I am in very deep waters," he said, "and while I have considerable faith in Christian Science, because of both the direct and indirect contact I have had with it, and also because of what I know it is accomplishing in the world at large, still I do not see how it can possibly do much for me at this particular time,—but I want you to treat me.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE teaches that man is spiritual, and makes the first chapter of Genesis its authority, because it is there stated that he was made in God's image and likeness, and we know that nothing unspiritual enters into the being of God. By the same rule we know that nothing unlike God could enter into the character of the perfect man.

There is an idea among civilized nations that Christianity must fit itself into civilization or humanity will not feel attracted to it. This opinion seems firmly rooted in many people's minds, for habits and customs simply abound in our every-day life where this belief is in evidence.