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As musicians turn humbly from a self indulgent sense of ego to acknowledge the one divine Ego, God, they can draw on limitless resources to impel artistic expression. From God, the source of all harmony and beauty, we reflect every attribute needed for creative work.

If you were asked today, "What is the source or reason for your happiness?" what would your answer be? Would you instantly reply, "God is the source of my happiness. " Or would the name of a loved person come immediately to thought? In her Miscellaneous Writings Mrs.

Protests—peaceful or violent—usually make the headlines. These protests may be constructive or they may do more harm than good.

When Christ Jesus tested his disciples' confidence in the power of God to supply whatever was necessary to feed the multitude, the response emphasized the picture of insufficient supply and belittled what was on hand: "Five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?" Jesus, with his clear vision of substance as wholly spiritual, demonstrated the inexhaustible abundance of divine Love's giving. He "took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.

If God is omnipotent, merciful, and just, why does He permit evil to exist? The theological term "theodicy" reflects an attempt to reconcile this paradox by vindicating God's attributes of mercy and justice, in spite of the presence of evil in the world. But Christian Science solves the dilemma by disclosing the nothingness of evil—revealing that God neither creates evil nor does He permit it to exist.

The demonstration of Christian Science includes not just the overcoming of error but the positive spiritual building necessary to establish the kingdom of heaven on earth for all. Mrs.

This is not an article on music. True, in the title I have used a musical term, the word "symphonic.

Mrs. Eddy expected a good reader to be conversational.

Healings in Christian Science are often instantaneous. When the truth of God's love for man comes to human consciousness with illuminating clarity, healing follows immediately.

Today more and more people are recognizing the power of love and what it can do for mankind. Many physicians are granting its value to patients and perhaps its power to quicken healing.