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Christian Science is the Science of Christianity; it's religion that heals. It opens the way for every one of its students to work out his own salvation and find freedom from all that is evil—from sin, sickness, death.

THE EXILE IN BABYLON Sometimes in a marriage relationship there comes a moment of truth—a time when a couple face overwhelming pressures that have the potential to destroy their union. Israel confronted such pressures during its sixty-year Exile in Babylon, a period that threatened Israel's covenant with Yahweh.

Christian Science brings into clear view the precious, nurturing motherhood as well as the fatherhood of God. In so doing, it shows us the true, complete nature of man.

Although many healings through prayer in Christian Science are quick, even instantaneous, on occasion it may seem as though we just inch along, making little progress. At such a time we may find ourselves thinking, "If only I could see a little evidence of progress, a little movement in the right direction, I would feel encouraged.

Do we believe that every moment of Christ Jesus' life benefited the world? All Christians know that Jesus' prayers never failed to bless mankind. He was the Saviour of the world and did all that God ordained him to do to fulfill that mighty purpose.

In the Christian Science Sunday School, which I started attending when I was eleven, I discovered something wonderfully comforting and at the same time eye-opening: God is the Father and Mother of all; therefore, man is God's beloved child. This discovery of God's fatherhood and motherhood was particularly meaningful to me at that time because my mother had just passed on, and my father proved unable to care for my younger brother and me.

In many ways it was like a marriage. There were promises—covenants they called them.

Many of us tend to be wary of "adventure. " The word itself can imply a hazardous undertaking with an unknown outcome.

Looking back over my life, if I were asked to sum up what ingredient has been most indispensable to me in opening the door to healing, I would be inclined to answer "spiritual discipline. " The hardest thing for most of us is getting and keeping control over thoughts which argue that we are weak, sinful mortals.

Through the study of Christian Science, we learn that every disturbing physical, emotional, or personal problem can be rectified and healed through a surrender to metaphysical facts. The Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mrs.