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"The sacrament shall be observed .

What Should We be planning for? Christ Jesus promised, "If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. " John 8:51.

During the first decade of the twentieth century, the healing practice of Christian Science and its teachings were finding a wide audience among seekers of many faith traditions. A number of Christians of other churches began to incorporate Christian Science in their own religious practice and devotion.

In The Fall of 1899 I reached Seattle after a rough experience of several years in the Klondike country. From a physical standpoint I was in a bad way.

For a long time I have been impressed with the necessity of understanding the meaning, and place, from a scientific standpoint, of the word confidence .

Christian Science Healing does not involve struggling to change a sick person into a well person. It takes place as a natural result of deep and consecrated prayer based on the truth of immortal man as the image and likeness of God, always in flawless health.

What does it take to heal? Questions like this, coming from a public faced with diverse views on spiritual healing, prompted the founding of this magazine over a century ago. In an editorial in the first issue, its founder emphasizes that Christly qualities heal: "Great charity and humility is necessary in this work of healing.

It is natural for every reader of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures to respond in Christian love to the needs of others. The book's message awakens and enriches this active love for God and His children.

Most Of Us have had landmark experiences at some point in our lives. Perhaps they involved working through a career change, or finding satisfying companionship, or developing greater moral stability.

One Of The most valuable lessons of my life came from my wife and our then four-or five-year-old son. She told me that he didn't need to have the same sense of timing about things, that it was OK for him to be different from me.