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Two brothers once lived and played together in the remote backwoods. Both boys were accomplished woodsmen.

The understanding of true cause and law is fundamental to spiritual progress. Christian Science teaches that we determine the nature of our experience, form our bodies, evolve our universe, by what we know and understand cause and law to be.

How do we deal with, or heal, fears and apprehensions that may seem present in our thought? Christian Science teaches that there is only one Mind, one consciousness, and that is God, infinite good. His thoughts alone are real.

Is it really possible to be perfect? Is it desirable? Christian Science answers both these questions with a scientific yes. It reveals the spiritual basis upon which Christ Jesus proved perfection to be the very essence of all real being.

The judgment of James at the Jerusalem Council (see Acts 15:13-21) was followed by another encouraging gesture on the part of the Jerusalem church. They sealed their approval of the work of Paul and Barnabas by sending with them to Antioch two of their number—Judas called Barsabas, thought by some scholars to be the brother of Joseph Barsabas mentioned in Acts 1:23—and Silas, sometimes called Silvanus.

When serving as a soloist in a Church of Christ, Scientist, I think of the solo as a prelude to the Lesson-Sermon. In the Christian Science Quarterly ; I don't think of the soloist's performance as a high point for me in the Sunday service or as a time to entertain the congregation with their favorite songs.

How do we learn? What is learning? Are there natural or imposed barriers that obstruct the learning process? Apart from their relevance to students of behavioral psychology, these questions, when answered correctly, determine the success of anyone involved in learning situations. But correct answers can be found not so much in terms of material evidence gained in clinical situations as through the spiritually scientific understanding of divine Mind and its idea, man, as presented in Christian Science.

Mrs. Eddy's move to Concord, New Hampshire, in 1891 was not a retirement from founding Christian Science.

We can become conscious of our immortal status as sons and daughters of God right now because, as Christian Science teaches, immortality is not attained by-dying into an unknown future state but by-becoming increasingly aware of man's unbroken unity with God, Life. Indeed, immortality is an inherent quality or characteristic of each of God's ideas, and is included as such among the divine attributes referred to by Mrs.

As you raced through the jungle, birds were screaming. Monkeys chattered excitedly.