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What is it? It's many things to many people. To those in the practice it's a spiritual dedication of thought; it's devoting their lives to God and to helping and healing people as Christ Jesus did.

On May 21, 1894, a small group of Christian Scientists gathered in quiet ceremony for the laying of a cornerstone. This event marked the erection of the edifice of The Mother Church, whose Founder, Mrs.

Do you find that the only time you can pray is when things are perfectly quiet, and you are sitting in the most comfortable chair in the house? Are you eager to study and read the Bible, and Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, but reluctant to pray? If so, then perhaps you'll find a reexamination of your approach to prayer helpful.

Christ Jesus' promise is: "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. "  John 8:32.

Answered prayer, as understood in Christian Science, is never happenstance. God doesn't just happen to answer prayers.

If I had waited until funds for subscribing to the Christian Science periodicals were conveniently sitting in our bank account at the end of the month, I would still be waiting to subscribe. But I didn't.

People keeping house soon learn that furniture accumulates dust. The student strives to accumulate knowledge.

What comforting images of thought the term "sanctuary" brings to mind! Refuge, haven, covert, shelter, a place of worship. We learn in Christian Science that our sanctuary is not a location or place; it's not confined within walls or defined by them.

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.