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Man, the highest idea of creation, must function in accord with the purpose for which God, his divine Principle, created him. He is created by a loving Father-Mother God to perform a specific function—to express the nature of God.

Stop for a minute and recall one of your most precious healings in Christian Science .

Have you ever thought of the immeasurable mounds of recorded human history stored away in all corners of the world; countless statistics giving dates of birth and death of billions of mortals? These material records, based as they are on the assumption that man lives in time, certainly do not contribute anything to one's understanding of man as the likeness of God—without beginning or end. But as we begin to recognize through the study of Christian Science that all real being is timeless, we see the need of gaining a new view of human history.

How do you make a Christian Science Reading Room bloom and bear fruit? Appreciate! Appreciate! Appreciate! A realization of the healing mission of our Reading Room in the community fosters a humble willingness to serve, support, and love it. Our appreciation deepens as we comprehend more clearly its vital purpose in the world to promote and to prosper Christian healing by revealing to men and women how to demonstrate their spiritual identity as children of God — now, as the Bible states.

The beginner in the study and application of Christian Science may be looking mainly for the changes in physical conditions and environment that seem desirable to him. His study of Christian Science and his efforts to live its teaching will surely correct whatever is wrong, but Mrs.

How encouraging it is when a friend sees the potential for good in us and tells us so! Such loving appreciation gives hope. It makes us feel worthy and needed.

Mary Baker Eddy speaks of Christian Science as being divinely revealed to her and as being historically discovered by her. Both designations are consistent, for they define the coincidence of the divine with the human, the reconciliation of revelation and reason, as it occurred in her religious experience.

Do you entertain angels in your heart? You may be doing that when you sing a hymn. The Epistle to the Colossians discloses an unexpected dimension to hymn singing when it highlights singing as a form of instruction and correction: "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Most of us enjoy giving. We find joy in being generous to our family, our church, and our fellowman.

A young friend said that she wasn't sure she fully understood the statement by Mrs. Eddy in Science and Health "If the case is that of a young child or an infant, it needs to be met mainly through the parent's thought, silently or audibly on the aforesaid basis of Christian Science.