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When one awakes to the divine authority by which man lives, he will no longer fear that disease can kill him, and the myth of incurability will be disproved. In Christian Science one learns that there is no life in matter, for Life is God.

We can be uplifted and blessed by dwelling on what the Apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthians: "We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. " II Cor.

"Few believe that Christian Science contains infinitely more than has been demonstrated, or that the altitude of its highest propositions has not yet been reached. " The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p.

If we ask ourselves the blunt question Do I pray enough? can many of us conscientiously answer Yes? It may seem difficult always to give sufficient time to effective praying when the busyness of modern living makes great demands on our time and attention. But prayer should be, and is, the most important activity of our daily living.

Christian Science teaches that man and the universe are not material but spiritual. It is within the power of each individual to prove this to be true step by step, with good effects of health and harmony in his present experience.

Puppets can be amusing when the figures manipulated are inanimate dolls, but no human being should ever be at the end of a string held in the hands of another. Yet in human experience this state of affairs seems all too common.

A branch Church of Christ, Scientist, has great possibilities for outreach and expansion when its members dedicate themselves more to loving God and man, as well as to understanding and being motivated by the spiritual idea of Church. The latter is defined in the Glossary of Science and Health by Mrs.

Watching the sun as it set over the lake was one of the loveliest features of the summer vacations our family used to spend in northern Michigan. We went each evening to one vantage spot or another to watch the brilliant gold-red ball sink lower in the sky.

The first step in proving practical the scriptural declaration "Now are we the sons of God" I John 3:2; is for one to accept with humility and faith the fact that it is indeed possible to do this. The mission of Christ Jesus, we read in John, was to give men "power to become the sons of God.

Knowing that human life is fundamentally mental, Christ Jesus stressed the importance of watching both one's talking and listening. He said, "By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.