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Each of us can cultivate the fully-persuaded state of consciousness that the demonstration of Christian Science demands. Though we may not understand fully all the deep truths contained in the Bible and Mrs.

If one had in the closet a gorgeous formal gown or a handsome dinner jacket used once or twice a year, he would, of course, still feel he possessed them. With Christian Science, the Science of Christ, or Truth, the case is different.

When consciousness is flooded with clear spiritual perception and understanding, so that we awake to the presence of the Christ, the incorporeal idea of God, then that which pictures itself as material, limited, and discordant, is unmasked as wholly illusive. Mrs.

Seeing the unreality of evil can bring release from the material beliefs of sin, sickness, and death. Evil of any kind never existed in God's perfect creation.

When in my early teens I first came across Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, and began reading it through, I asked, "Why is the word 'mind' sometimes capitalized and sometimes not? Why is Mind when capitalized always singular?" I didn't realize that in this differentiation between Mind and minds I had touched a profound truth that would finally bring me out of deep depressions.

What can a book written a hundred years ago do to affect the problems of poverty in the late twentieth-century world? A book that springs from the design of the creative Mind, divine intelligence, God, can accomplish much. Ignorance, selfishness, greed, superstition, stifling tradition, apathy, are the causes of poverty.

The power of joy cannot be overestimated in aiding one to overcome suffering. To anyone seeking healing, joy can be a real help.

Mary Baker Eddy's remarkable healing work was the result of a deep, luminous spirituality. It enabled her to reflect the curative harmony of God, divine Love.

For many years I have taught the eighteenand nineteen-year-old class. The class has apparently been successful to a degree, because it has always had a number of visitors, not only from neighboring Churches of Christ, Scientist, but from other religious groups.

If you are a member of a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, what do you want most for your church? A steady flow of newcomers? Wednesday testimonies that heal? Financial abundance? Inspiring business meetings? Ardent church workers? These are all concrete possibilities for every branch church, and in practical ways we can help our church attain them. But what we truly need most for our church is to glorify God through the vigorous, visible demonstration in our community of "Church" as defined by Mrs.