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Exploring in depth what Christian Science is and how it heals.

The straight and narrow way

There is a way to harmonious living. It is revealed to us through the example of Christ Jesus, and today is explained to all through the teachings of Christian Science.

Well I'm going to tell you about how I was studying the book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, which you so kindly sent me. When the book arrived, I was suffering from a problem with my sight, a disease that leaves one totally or partially blind.

A nurse's prayer

The need for Christian Science nursing care in any situation is really a call for love. In providing such loving care to others, I've derived special inspiration from this poem Mary Baker Eddy once wrote for young people called "A Verse: To the Big Children": Father–Mother good, lovingly Thee I seek,— Patient, meek, In the way Thou hast,— Be it slow or fast, Up to Thee.

Are you cherishing the right thing?

The only creation that has ever existed is of God and is present here and now. This is the all-harmonious creation of Spirit.

"Welcoming strangers"

In the Manual of The Mother Church, under the heading "Church Services," Mary Baker Eddy devotes an Article to "Welcoming strangers. "  see Manual.

A letter from Poland

I would like to give thanks for Mary Baker Eddy's mission statement for The Christian Science Journal: ".

A divinely authorized book

Mary Baker Eddy felt very strongly—in fact, without reservation—that what was presented to mankind in her book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures came to her not through such ordinary channels as scholarship but through divine revelation. She at one time stated to a man who served as a proof– reader and grammatical consultant to her in the preparation of Science and Health for publication, "I do not find my authority for Christian Science in history, but in revelation.

The erasing power of the Christ

I was cleaning a badly burned frying pan. After twenty minutes of hard work with scouring powder and steel wool, little improvement was noticeable.

Listening and healing

How's your praying going? Is it fresh, inspired, full of new views of God's spiritual universe? Or is it routine, repetitious, boring? I don't know about you, but for me this can be a tough question to face—because while I always yearn for the former, sometimes I find the latter. You no doubt have found prayer to be effective in healing.

For me, the "how" of studying the Lesson has to do primarily with focusing both heart and mind on its message. The first lines of Mary Baker Eddy's "Communion Hymn" describe this focus beautifully: "Saw ye my Saviour? Heard ye the glad sound? / Felt ye the power of the Word?" Poems, p.