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In much literature, including the Bible, rivers are strong symbols of communication, protection, supply, and purification. Through the Garden of Eden, as Genesis 2 describes it, ran a stream that branched into four rivers.

"Now that was a real benediction!" said my friend. The First Reader had closed a Communion service in a Church of Christ, Scientist, with: "The God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.

Early in my study of Christian Science I found myself frequently ill and on an up-and-down course of alternate buoyancy and depression. This puzzled me because I knew that a Christian Scientist should be expressing joy and well-being more consistently.

Mrs. Eddy's directive to defend ourselves each day against aggressive mental suggestion is strong and precise and calls for us to be strong and precise in fulfilling it.

Although the complete statement of Christian Science is in Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy says of her writing of that work, "She has made no effort to embellish, elaborate, or treat in full detail so infinite a theme.

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.