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Mary Baker Eddy: a lifetime of healing Mary Baker Eddy began 1896 by delivering a communion address in her own Church in Boston, Massachusetts—The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist. In her talk she turned thought away from the persecution of Jesus of Nazareth to his demonstration of divine, infinite Love, forgiving his enemies, which enabled him to overcome the cross and the grave.

It is natural to expect healing in Christian Science to come quickly. There may be times, though, when it isn't immediate, and we need to be firm in keeping out harmful thoughts that would impose themselves on us.

Everyone longs for enduring good, for well-being and sufficiency that are incapable of reversal. And actually, everyone can have such good—forever! But in order to realize this eternally harmonious state in present experience, we must gain something—not something outside ourselves, but a perception, within consciousness, of the truth of being.

Those who set out to live a Christian life soon learn that this is not accomplished without effort. The materialistic assumptions that constitute what the Bible calls "the carnal mind" Rom.

One of the best ways to improve your life is to make a commitment to knowing yourself as God knows you. This starts most naturally with becoming more familiar with God.

One longtime reader recently sent us this letter she wanted to share with young people, telling of her own experience as a youth, including a special meeting with Calvin C. Hill, an early worker in the Christian Science movement.

We hear a great deal through the news media about crime and violence—crime on the streets, in schools, and even in people's homes. People have been asking such obvious questions as: Where can one go to feel safe? Is there such a place? Meaningful answers don't come easily or without deep thought.

Often it seems as if crime succeeds because evil intent lays its schemes undetected. Aliases, darkness, intimidation, even supposedly legitimate business—these are some of crime's attempted covers.

The Apostle Paul was not a compromising man. When it came to the message and standards of Christ, he didn't retreat.

• A couple searching for a book about healing were referred to Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, by an employee in a general-interest Detroit, Michigan, bookstore. They had not heard of Science and Health previously, and upon the employee's recommendation purchased a copy to take home and read.