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Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, had its first readers late in 1875, almost one hundred years ago. Later Mrs.

Tarsus, the home of Paul's childhood, held a strategic position in the Mediterranean world. A few miles farther inland lay what were called the Cilician Gates, a narrow pass through which all traffic must make its way if it was to go beyond the Taurus Mountains.

Does God, good, send evil? Under the marginal heading "Perfection of divine government" in Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy we find these words: "Christian Science goes to the bottom of mental action, and reveals the theodicy which indicates the rightness of all divine action, as the emanation of divine Mind, and the consequent wrongness of the opposite so-called action,—evil, occultism, necromancy, mesmerism, animal magnetism, hypnotism.

Much has been said and written about evildoing. Not as much, perhaps, has been said about the problems that can arise from a mistaken approach to doing good—that is, from what one might call "overdoing good.

One's thinking determines his experience, Christian Science explains. This is why it is very important actively to reflect in consciousness the perfect qualities of one's creator, God, Mind; thus the adverse effect discordant thinking has on daily living is precluded or destroyed.

Who can doubt that female liberation has begun in earnest and is here to stay? More opportunities for women are opening up in business and government. Feminine fashions, social customs, and life-styles are rapidly changing.

In solving problems spiritually through Christian Science we need to inspect our thinking. Doesn't the Bible say, "As [a man] thinketh in his heart, so is he"? Prov.

Perhaps at some time you've been asked to teach the youngest class in a Christian Science Sunday School and quickly declined, or accepted only under protest. Several years ago, when assigned this class, I accepted it with many mental reservations.

Is there a law of God applicable to the problem of overweight? Christ Jesus said, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. " John 8:32 Free from what? From every limiting belief in matter—from anything not good.

When Jesus ran the merchants and the money changers out of the temple, it must have been apparent to anybody watching that two radically opposed viewpoints were in conflict. "What sign shewest thou unto us," people asked indignantly, "seeing that thou doest these things?" john 2:18 What wasn't so readily apparent was the point of view that impelled Jesus' vigorous attack.