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On a sabbath day long ago, Christ Jesus gave an insight into the dominion that was so evident in his healing and teaching. He said, "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

Has anybody ever really seen a 2? No, because the symbol is not the actuality. We know that an Arab and an Englishman would use entirely different symbols for the same concept, but the actual identity of the number remains unchanged and is quite independent of any material connotations or limitations.

In a world where security is often sought through a frantic grasping for stability in matter—in sensual satisfaction, drugs, or manipulation of the human mind—a spiritually educated individual can become a vital regenerative force. Each of us has a responsibility and a capacity, discerned through Christian Science, to claim as his consciousness that Mind which is absolute and supreme, for God is the Mind of man.

Before I became a student of Christian Science, some Bible statements had a frightening effect on me. They pictured God to me as a tribal deity capable of both love and hate, of death and destruction, intent on ultimately burning up the whole heaven and earth.

Modern life-styles and so-called new morality have trapped many unwary individuals into experimenting with ways that do not conform to the Christian values of life. Those who depart from these values are likely to find their supposed newfound freedoms not freeing at all.

Jesus of Nazareth, living in a remote province of the Roman world, taught that an understanding of the Christ, the true idea of God, promises ultimate salvation to everyone everywhere. What a challenge! Doubtless just as challenging was his proposal for making this fact known.

It was a motley group, brought together for the wedding. Suddenly the host's voice rose above the others.

"He that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. " I John 5:18; What a reassuring statement this is of the integrity of being! All that proceeds from God keepeth itself, remains what in its nature it is.

When the Magi followed the star to Bethlehem, they were expectant of seeing the promised Messiah. Obedient to divine direction, they journeyed faithfully, took gifts, were filled with reverence and joy, and acknowledged the divine significance of the babe.

To awake to the reality of the Christ changes one's life. The Christ at work in consciousness cleanses thought and is an impregnable defense against the pseudo forces of evil that knock at one's mental door.