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With her acknowledgment that God is the divine Mother, Mrs. Eddy has completed the age-old concept of God as Father, immeasurably blessing mankind.

A popular theory about the survival and dominance of mankind as material species was enunciated by Charles Darwin in the middle of the nineteenth century. Evidence has come to light since, in the form of early skeletons and fossils, that points to the gradual evolution of animals and men over millions of years.

Are you too busy to do the things you wish to do? For example, does something often seem to prevent your study of Christian Science? If so, rebel! God, our Father-Mother, gives man dominion. His omnipotent love imparts joy, peace, and freedom now, and we can prove this in the degree that we understand it.

If you read through the Sermon on the Mount in its entirety—all three chapters—and think about living it consistently, you may feel successful obedience to its teachings is almost impossible. This could lead to discouragement.

Would we attempt to demonstrate mortal mind, disease, or the body? Would we expect to heal the divine Principle, the Christ, or the one Mind? Yet demonstration and healing are clearly related, as Jesus established during his three years of healing and demonstrating. Mrs.

On the walk to Emmaus Christ Jesus spoke so authoritatively and convincingly that later the two disciples he accompanied exclaimed, "Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?" Luke 24:32; The goal of each Reader in a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, might well be to make the reading so inspiring that the hearers' hearts burn within them as they glimpse the healing power of the Christ, Truth, in a fresh light. The reading at our church services can joyfully bear witness to Jesus' words according to Matthew, "It is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

This was the surprised reaction of a college friend of mine when she was elected to read for the organization. She couldn't believe it! Maybe it has happened to you.

The good news in today's world is that God's healing power is present and active and is fully capable of healing divisions within society and among nations. The good news is that Christian Science gives us an understanding of this healing power and how to apply it, from the great capitals of the world to the earth's most remote villages and battle zones.

Do you and I really understand Paul's dynamic statement, "Behold, now is the day of salvation"? II Cor. 6:2; Do we know that every time we read this statement it is true for us at that moment? It does not apply only to the time it was first written by him.

Because God is All and is Love, we already live in the perfection of Spirit and the infinite abundance of good that divine Love presents. Man's purpose is to express God, to image forth the fullness of His reality.