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All of us have convictions. The space scientist is convinced of and depends upon the laws of momentum, gravitation, and energy.

One person may claim that his success and excellent health are directly due to a line of gifted, healthy predecessors. Another, that the disease and failure oppressing him are legacies from less satisfactory forebears.

From Hippocrates to our times medical practitioners have looked for and continue to look for the causes and cure of diseases. Today, psychosomatic factors—the influence of thought on the body—are more generally taken into account.

According to an ancient Hebrew custom, a bridegroom's friend often held the wedding feast at his own home and presided over it. In readying men's hearts for reception of the Messiah, the rugged Nazarite, John the Baptist, was a voice crying in the wilderness of human aspirations and desperations.

What presents itself in nature as an object appears on the retina of our eye as an inverted image. This phenomenon of inversion illustrates the illusory nature of the images of material sense.

False mentality, or error, designated in Christian Science as animal magnetism or hypnotism, must be clearly understood as a powerless nonentity. Otherwise one is likely to fear it, believe in it, and suffer the unreal consequences.

From a human standpoint the world appears to be in a mess! Economies sag; governments virtually admit that they do not really have an answer; crisis seems to be endemic, and the sands of time, resources, and inspiration appear to be running out. The result is that, all too frequently, people abdicate from trying to deal with any but their own personal problems.

To overcome denominational narrowness—confining our love to certain people—we need to expand our perception of God. A narrow view of God leads to a narrow view of ourselves and others.

It is one thing to say matter is unreal, so let it have its day; and very much another to say matter is unreal, so it has no real day. The first view looks at all the unsolved problems in the world and says in effect: "That's just matter.

The angel message that spoke to Mary about the coming of Jesus the Christ included the promise, "Of his kingdom there shall be no end. " Luke 1:33 ; In a sense, this applies to us all individually, because the reality of our true being and the dominion of good over evil never cease and can never be reversed.