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THE conception of Christianity which Mrs. Eddy gave to humanity, through the Christian Science text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," manifested not merely the vastest scope, but contained the most practical application of the teaching of Jesus of Nazareth that the world has ever known.

Throughout her writings we find Mrs. Eddy ever striving to lift thought from a material sense of the universe to the spiritual, and in Science and Health ( p.

The Sermon on the Mount as recorded in the book of Matthew, beginning with the third verse of the fifth chapter and ending with the twenty-seventh verse of the seventh chapter, is not a mere collection of unrelated sayings of Jesus, as careless readers may suppose, but studied in the light of Christian Science it is seen to be a masterpiece of logical statement, which in clearness of expression, coherence of thought, and grandeur of conception is unsurpassed in literature. In Science and Health ( p.

Everything having entity or reality owes its existence to the relation between cause and effect. These are inseparable, for one is dependent on the other, and there can be no effect without a cause.

In Science and Health ( p. 495 ) Mrs.

Sometimes we hear that an antique fresco has been uncovered and brought to light during the repair or thorough spring cleaning of an old hall or church, and this process of uncovering is especially interesting. As a rule, in order to bring out the original tones in their entirety the greatest care is required, and also a knowledge of the way in which the artist worked.

The definition of limitation as "a restraining condition, defining circumstance, or qualifying conception," very aptly describes our mental outlook when entering on the study of Christian Science. Human nature has so long been used to its shackles, sometimes accepting, sometimes rebelling against them, that it almost seems as though it can never learn to be free on this plane of consciousness.

Never perhaps in the history of the world have the ideas of utility and efficiency been so strongly emphasized in every-day life as they are today. More and more, men and women are demanding that employees, methods, processes, machines, every one and every thing, shall accomplish desired ends with reduced effort, increased despatch, and greater certainty than ever before.

In studying the Bible, with all its wealth of symbolism, parable, and metaphor, it is well to bear in mind Mrs. Eddy's statement, "Spiritual teaching must always be by symbols" ( Science and Health, p.

The world at large has little idea of its indebtedness to Christian Science and its Discoverer and Founder. Christian Scientists do not complain of this lack of perception, because they realize that some understanding of Christian Science itself and of the falsity of common beliefs must be acquired before the good actually being done can be rightly appreciated.