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One of the oral reader's most helpful tools is the pause. It's the means of phrasing, of grouping words into units of meaning.

Supply is the result of spiritual activity, which pertains exclusively to consciousness, Christian Science explains. To scientifically understand supply and what governs it, we must comprehend the spiritual idea that underlies its substance.

Sin is just as unreal as sickness, for both are errors—that is, false claims about God's perfect man. An error is always unreal, but to the material senses there may appear to be different degrees of falsity.

Mankind has continually sought to overcome restriction and gain freedom and a wider view. Christian Science supports this right endeavor.

The author of the First Epistle of John knew how important it is to differentiate between mortal mind and God, divine Mind. He said, "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God.

Occasionally, even students of Christian Science who have demonstrated its healing truths for many years may find themselves faced with the question, either for themselves or for another, whether to stay with Science or, in a particular situation, to have medical help. Some circumstances require immediate action, and the arguments to turn to medicine may appear strong and even reasonable.

The rise in crime and the incidence of suicide are evidences of evil that should shock us into action. Certainly we need to know more about the operations of evil influences and how we can be effective in countering them.

The sacrifice of living creatures on the altar of some unknown god sounds strange to most of us. Historically, people have transferred their guilt, expiated it on the altar of sacrifice, and felt that the wrath of some threatening force had been appeased.

Christian Science insists that in healing sickness it is thought that demands our attention and not a physical condition. The physical body is a mental concept, an illusive picture in mortal thought.

God, Spirit, is All. This is a fundamental point in divine metaphysics.