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Are you thinking of yourself as a mortal today? Don't do it! This would be denying your spiritual status as the son of God, Spirit. It would be accepting that man lives in a mortal body and is governed by a so-called mortal mind.

After I had been teaching older students in the Christian Science Sunday School for several years, I was asked to take a class of eight-year-olds. This was quite unexpected, and I reacted negatively.

For some years now, facial expressions, gestures, and unconscious bodily movements have been systematically studied by psychologists, who have given the name of "kinesics" to this field of knowledge. More recently, the term "body language" has become part of the general idiom, owing in part to popular books on the subject.

The simple act of inviting our neighbors to a Christian Science lecture has the potential of greatly promoting our and their spiritual growth. The lecture can teach the present vitality of Christ Jesus' life and work; awaken thought to the understanding and demonstration of spiritual reality—peace, health, purity—here and now; satisfy the longings of frustrated hearts; point out the path of regeneration; correct misconceptions of Christian Science.

The story is told that Jenny Lind, a famous soprano in the mid-1800 's, was once asked by an admirer how she could so fearlessly face huge audiences. She answered, "I never have but one in my audience.

Through the centuries and in many countries the Christ message has been conveyed by hymns. Those studying Christian Science today often find in hymns the divine animus that inspires them to worship God in Spirit, not in matter.

Are you interested in becoming a Journal -listed Christian Science practitioner? Then, I hope these suggestions will help you. 1.

A young boy was hurt and resentful because someone had said something about him that he considered to be unkind and untrue. After he had spoken to his mother about it, she prayed for the Father to give her the ideas of truth needed to negate and nullify the erroneous picture of offender and offended.

Yes, you! "But I don't know how. I've tried many times, but without any success at all.

At a time when world consciousness is torn by conflicting influences—good and bad, seen and unseen—the serious thinker might well ponder the word "influence. " Its meaning could be summarized as the power to produce an effect.