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The spiritual qualities that originate in God are expressed by man because God and man are coexistent. Christ Jesus, who more than any other demonstrated dominion over untoward circumstances, based his dominion upon his conscious oneness, or unity, with God.

Has the impulsion come to you to apply for class instruction in Christian Science? Have you decided that you'll think about it at a more convenient time? Some of us may be like those guests Jesus described in a parable as invited to a great supper, "And they all with one consent began to make excuse. " Luke 14:18 ; What arguments may delay our applying for class instruction with an authorized teacher of Christian Science? One argument may be, "I'm not ready.

It may sometimes seem as though our lives consist of daily rounds of humdrum activities. Others may appear to enjoy experiences full of larger, more important events than ours.

How relevant is the Bible to our daily life? Has it anything to offer that is useful in meeting today's major problems of human existence? We can begin to find out by studying the history of one of its characters. What does Moses' experience have to say to us in regard to life as opposed to death? When he was forty years old, the Old Testament tells us, he killed a man in a fit of indignation and fled to the desert.

"Let's not get caught in the game of one-upmanship," said an alert friend, breaking off a religious discussion that was fast becoming overblown with posed virtue. Spirituality has never been something to put on and take off at will.

Christian Science reveals that there is abundant power for good available to us through the divine Mind, God, to whom all things are possible. This is the Mind that was in Christ Jesus, and which enabled him to accomplish the remarkable things he did.

The light of the biblical statement that God made man in His own image reveals man spiritual and good, the changeless, sinless expression of divine Love's allness. This is the man we are in our true spiritual being as the reflection of God, Spirit.

As a young child I feared eternal life almost as much as death. The prospect of a never-ending sequence of hours, stretching on and on, without climax or conclusion, droning through eternity, terrified me.

Do you have a strong and healthy body? If so, you can be grateful. That is as it should be.

How can we best supply the world's desperate human needs? A recognized authority on population tells us that "currently, about 450 million enjoy affluence and abundance. Five to six times that number live in parsimony, scarcity, or serious shortage.