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The purpose of a Christian Science lecture is to bless mankind, individually and collectively—to communicate the redeeming Christ and to show its saving influence on human consciousness in the form of healing. Blessing should be abundantly anticipated and experienced.

I was alone on my small island in Georgian Bay in Canada. It was a summer night, and on the nearest island across a narrow waterway a few scrubby evergreens emphasized the loneliness and lack of human habitation.

Considering the absolute spiritual truths on which the healing practice of Christian Science is based, a casual observer might unwittingly conclude that this Science has no place in the academic community because: (1) one's understanding of Christian Science is not dependent on academic degrees; (2) material theories cannot be reconciled with spiritual facts; and (3) one cannot serve two masters simultaneously. But let us not miss the central point.

The biblical account of Nehemiah's return to Jerusalem and his triumphs over his enemies and their stratagems (see Neh. , Chaps.

Have you ever attempted to duplicate someone's demonstration after listening to a testimony at a Wednesday evening meeting? And were the results disappointing? This can happen if we dwell on persons and results rather than on divine Principle, God. We learn from this failure that we cannot copy another's treatment.

For some time now I have been pondering how well we really know how to practice Christian Science. One evening while attending a symphony concert I was impressed with what it meant to practice, and what practice could achieve.

On one occasion, Christ Jesus' disciples asked him, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" They wanted to find out, perhaps, who was the most favored, or spiritually advanced, in his eyes. Did they hope to hear a name or names they recognized? We don't really know, of course.

A lie is no longer deceptive, or accepted, when the truth is known and believed. The impositions of mortality are no longer deceptive or acceptable when the truths of God reveal the falsity of all mortality.

The pink ribbon of river wound its way between icy banks as it flowed eastward toward the roseate dawn. Starting in a glacial lake a hundred miles back in the mountains, the river would flow more than a thousand miles across the Canadian prairies and through the Precambrian shield until it emptied into Hudson Bay.

The assertive push. The intimidated pull back.