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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.

According to an old saying, no chain is stronger than its weakest link. Whether applied to walls around medieval towns or to modern international organizations, the saying implies that alertness is necessary to detect any defective links and to strengthen or replace them.

An infuriated mob had thrust Christ Jesus out of their city, taken him to the brow of a hill, and planned to cast him down to his doom. He'd shared spiritual insights with them in the synagogue, they'd become offended—perhaps because their lack of spirituality had been exposed—and they sought to solve their own inadequacy by killing him.

Many people derive simple enjoyment and innocent pleasure from watching or participating in athletics. We can also look to such activities for hints on how to confront difficulties and challenges in a way that can further our spiritual progress in Christian Science.

Divine Love calls each of us to relinquish the belief that we or someone we love exists in matter and that death can take away life. Through prayer we can replace this belief with the fact of man's uninterrupted spiritual existence as God's likeness.