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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.

What is the Manual of The Mother Church —The First Church of Christ, Scientist—to this Church? It is a strong watchtower, staff and rod to its flock. Protector and guardian, it contains the governing rules for the entire Cause of Christian Science.

When we communicate, ideas convey the message. But words are the building blocks that shape meaning.

It might be said that in a certain sense our relationship to Christ Jesus is twofold. From the human standpoint, the relationship to the master Christian of each consecrated seeker of the truth is that of disciple, or student; of follower, or emulator.

In sponsoring a Christian Science lecture, church members have a wonderful opportunity to express love to their neighbors by reaching out to the whole community with this Science and its rich blessings. "Happy are the people whose God is All-in-all, who ask only to be judged according to their works, who live to love," The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p.

In that gentle vestment of "passing on," death is sometimes made to assume the robe of dignity and respectability, which makes it look almost desirable! We should be watchful of this subtle form of animal magnetism. Death — the enemy of Life — is to be destroyed.

Sometimes we seem to have too many tasks to accomplish at one time. Then some things have to wait.

Can anyone be separated from good? What is good? Is it what each of us believes will bring us satisfaction and fulfillment? The fullness of life means different things to different people — yet the search for good is virtually universal. Whether or not we are successful in our search depends upon whether or not we understand what it is we are really looking for.