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[Original in German] Through the enlightenment of spiritual wisdom we grow in inspiration. But a merely intellectual thought process could deprive us of this inspiration.

To the prophet Jeremiah, God was a living, palpable presence that inspired him in his reformatory mission among his people. The inner voice of spiritual perception spoke to him as the voice of God and assured him of divine Love's boundless ever-presence.

Probably the most rewarding spiritual breakthrough one can experience is discovering the reason for man's existence. The beacon of divine revelation leads one out of mortal, material concepts of being to contemplate and discern the perfection of God's spiritual creation—whole, harmonious, and eternally productive.

In one sense, depth Is the same as height. It is upside-down height.

When dawn had broken on Friday, following the trial before Caiaphas, the Sanhedrin appears to have held a more formal meeting at which it ratified Jesus' condemnation. Though the Jews had declared a sentence of death against the Nazarene, the Roman authorities alone had power to impose and carry out this sentence.

In the dark hours, when evil seems to pile up perplexity and fear around us, we always have a place of security—the rock of God. A particularly dark experience for many of us is not our own sickness but the sickness of a loved one who has faith not in God but in medicine.

From the most ancient times singing has been recognized as a manifestation of joy. In its religious form it plays an incomparable role.

The surging demand for freedom and democracy in the world today needs to be met by students of Christian Science through the highest exercise of democracy in their churches. Democracy, insofar as it is based on acknowledgment of the value and capacity of each individual as a child of God, is the highest form of human government.

Christian Science brings to the question of adoption the highest thought—spiritual love. It teaches that God, divine Life, Mind, and Love, is the Father-Mother of all being and that, in reality, all men are the children of the one heavenly Parent, God.

A Christian Science demonstration is a practical proof in one's experience that the teachings of this Science are true. Christian Science reveals a perfect creator and a perfect creation.