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Christian Science never combines spiritual healing with material modes and practices. Nor can its theology ever be diluted with any doctrine that attributes less than all power to God.

Some people wish they could find someone to marry. A great many others who are already wed would like their marriage to be a happier one.

I take a jealous pride in my Simian ancestry. I like to think that I was once a magnificent hairy fellow living in the trees, and that my frame has come down through geological time via sea jelly and worms and Amphioxius, Fish, Dinosaurs and Apes.

Two college students conducting a survey on business needs and office conditions knocked at the door of my downtown office. After completing the survey we talked for a few minutes, and the conversation soon touched on Christian Science.

His adversaries were angry! Christ Jesus had preached a revolutionary doctrine in their synagogue at Nazareth. They took steps to destroy him.

"Absolute" means without a flaw or mixture or limitation of any kind. In Christian Science absolute refers exclusively to God and His spiritual creation.

When we are first touched by Christian Science, healing often comes effortlessly. We are sometimes freed instantly from evil beliefs that would darken human consciousness.

Occasionally we hear the remark: He's a man of substance. This observation is usually based on the misleading belief that worldly goods are substance.

I was surprised to discover that my pursuit of greatness had actually been a search for God. And I was glad.

When one views birthdays in the light of Christian Science, it becomes apparent that what on the surface appears as a nice custom has as its basis a false belief—the belief in mortality. In commemorating birthdays we may be unthinkingly paying homage to the misconception that at a certain point in what is called time a mortal came into being.