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Do we realize what a privilege it is to teach young people the truth that frees? We obey the commandment "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy" Ex. 20:8.

Again and again prayerful reliance on God in the light of the teachings of Christian Science has brought healing quickly and permanently. Sometimes, however, a devoted follower of Christ Jesus' teachings may struggle for months seeking healing for a particular problem that has not yielded to prayer.

Variety. Shadings of lights and darks.

When I was young, Mrs. Eddy's words "I will follow and rejoice/All the rugged way" Poems, p.

For many students of Christian Science, it may be a dramatic experience the first time they recognize their responsibility to be willing to practice Christian Science healing for others. Whether sparked by someone's request, or simply by our own widening apprehension, we see that, as Christ Jesus' followers, we are in a sense already in the healing practice, in accord with the Master's standard, "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do.

A simple but mighty statement at the heart of Christian Science practice is Christ Jesus' teaching, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. " John 8:32.

Teaching Sunday School is a sacred responsibility, and Sunday School superintendents and teachers in Churches of Christ, Scientist, do well to follow faithfully the system set down in the Manual of The Mother Church by Mrs. Eddy.

Question, search, discover. The words beckon to the heart that yearns for a deeper, more secure knowledge of life, of oneself, and most of all, of the very source of life—God.

One day while studying, I read this statement by Mrs. Eddy, which startled me: "After class teaching, he does best in the investigation of Christian Science who is most reliant on himself and God.

Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy can be read so that it nourishes thought not only with the good residing in each sentence as we initially apprehend it, but also with the meanings that may lie at a deeper level. This kind of reading is radical in the sense that it searches out the root significance of the concepts the words express.