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Living can be an adventure, fulfilling and rewarding, when we use the spiritual qualities we reflect from God to destroy the illusions of mortal, material thought. Christian Science explains that human experience objectifies the condition of human consciousness.

Somebody once asked a Christian Science practitioner, "What are some good first steps to take in preparation for healing the sick in this Science?" The practitioner answered, "One good step might be to learn to stay well yourself. " Surely it requires endless love and untiring consecration on our part to bless and heal mankind.

Everything humanly worthy, and viewable or mentally evident in daily experience, is but a symbol or reminder of that which truly exists as an eternal idea of God. The idea and the symbol are never identical, and the symbol never merges into the idea.

Jesus' stay in Capernaum, following the wedding celebrations at Cana, was brief. The Jewish Passover was approaching.

Children in whom self-government has been cultivated by their parents usually grow into adults who have this God-given asset in good measure. Others who reach adulthood with their inherent self-discipline still only in latent form often feel incapable of tackling a goal that needs concentrated and consistent effort.

God's command to the prophet Samuel that he go to Bethlehem to find and anoint a successor to Saul met with reluctance. Samuel was sorrowful that Saul, because of his disobedience to God's directions, was to be deposed as king of Israel.

Why not? I remember so well the first time the thought came to me that I should try to write an article for the Christian Science periodicals. All I could think of was, "Me? Write for the periodicals? That's ridiculous!" I had no writing talent to speak of.

"I can almost forget my troubles up here. " The speaker was standing at the top of the highest mountain in Oklahoma.

When a child leaves home—for school, work, marriage, or military service—many parents feel a sense of sadness, self-pity, or anxiety. But because of the all-powerful truths of God and man that Christian Science reveals, troubled emotions can be healed.

One may know all the letter of the spiritual truth of God and man as His perfect likeness, but until one's faith and courage are developed, he has no consistent proof of this truth. Mrs.