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How profound are these two statements made by John: "God is light, and in him is no darkness at all" I John 1:5; and "God is love. " 4:8; Love, then, is light, which spiritually illumines human thought.

The young woman had been healed and comforted by Christian Science. Her concept of Church was God's communication to her and her love for God.

Acknowledging his identity as being in and of Spirit, God, and looking away from the material scene, Jesus was able to heal quickly and completely. He accepted God as the source of intelligence and power.

One of the signs of our times is jaded materialism. Many people feel surfeited with material sensation, material pursuits, material analysis.

What had happened to Jesus? Where had his body been taken? These questions and others troubled two of the Master's disciples as they walked toward Emmaus on the third day after the crucifixion. Jesus had promised he would rise again, but they were finding the promise hard to believe.

On a spring morning in 1899 a Christian Scientist, Calvin Hill, met Mary Baker Eddy for the first time. His purpose for going to Mrs.

Mrs. Eddy's discovery of Christian Science elevated the word "metaphysics" to a far higher and purer meaning than it had enjoyed before.

Some time ago I went for a walk with a little girl who was in her first year at school. The child was eager to take part in her class, but she was very shy.

The typical Israelite town of Old Testament times was a fenced settlement with one gate, by which people left in the morning to work in the fields and returned in the evening. "At the gate" was a favorite meeting place, and it became the traditional place for settling legal affairs.

A friend of mine found out. He had come to a large city a few days early for the meeting of his Christian Science Students Association.