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The Bible teaches that God is infinite, that "the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him. " II Chron.

As I was writing this article, I wondered which word or words people would emphasize when reading the title. I realized that they could put the emphasis on any one of the seven words.

Do you value your faith in God? Do you consciously cherish it, deeply and daily? A Christian Scientist is eager to keep his faith in God strong and pure, for he understands that faith has an important role in the work of spiritual healing. Faith is by no means the whole of healing as practiced in Christian Science, but it is an essential element to spiritual healing.

One day when my son Jason was quite small, he handed me a poem he had just written. Scrawled out and misspelled, it read: I get a cuddle in the morning I get a cuddle at night It puts me in a sandwich Just right! Aside from thinking that this was a terrific poem for one so small, I immediately saw that he was expressing a sense of security drawn from my practice of cuddling him for a few moments at the beginning and end of each day.

Society rightly looks upon child care as a solemn responsibility. Fortunately the joys of parenthood usually outweigh the trials in carrying out this duty.

Some years ago I was keeping a watchful eye on my young daughter from a window as she played in the woods surrounding our home. For a long time she had remained perfectly still in a crouched position, so I decided to go out and check on her.

Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. ( John 4:14 ) Prayer, watching, and working, combined with self-immolation, are God's gracious means for accomplishing whatever has been successfully done for the Christianization and health of mankind.

To derive the maximum good from Primary class instruction in Christian Science, we need to go beyond human personalities, human reasoning, and human "styles. " There's so much more to teacher selection than asking someone else, "Who's your teacher?" or merely getting in touch with one of the more than two hundred individuals so authorized and listed in the Journal.

Mrs. Eddy was not only an inspired writer of prose but also a fine poet.

I've had quick healings in Christian Science. Symptoms of disease that some might expect to linger for weeks or months — or worse, to multiply — have vanished quickly in the face of deep Christian prayer.