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One of Hosea's most significant teachings is his stress on the necessity of the knowledge of God. Deploring the lack of this knowledge and the resulting errors rampant in northern Israel, the prophet cries, "There is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

Are we expecting the freedom from material modes that the prophets, Christ Jesus, and his disciples expressed centuries ago? If the answer is Yes, we have started the exciting adventure of unlimited ways and means in our experience. Today the revelation of Christian Science brings to each of us the rules that make it possible to accept the challenge of following the master Christian as he bid us do.

In a time of quickly changing values and resulting apprehensions for the future of the race, it is not only reassuring but essential to ask oneself daily whether one is doing the very best he can to obey the First Commandment of the Mosaic Decalogue, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me," Ex. 20:3; and also the command repeated by Christ Jesus, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

In her article "Fidelity" Mrs. Eddy writes: "Seek Truth, and pursue it.

Freshness is vital to every aspect of life. For want of freshness flowers fade, waters become polluted, air unbreathable.

Our love for Christian Science and our certainty that it is the truth which will heal and comfort all mankind will show us the need to seek for opportunities to offer it to others. To many, Christian Science is only a name, and therefore the misconceptions of it are varied.

Until we come to understand in a measure that Life is God, human experience may be dominated by various negative material influences. It may be the discords of the physical body or the discords of human relationships.

Every Christian Science practitioner knows that in his healing ministry he must assert and utilize the law of Love in humbleness of spirit. Thus his prayer is effective, restorative, "an offering pure of Love.

Among the most fraudulent of human qualities is self-will. Mortal mind calls it willpower, and like the serpent of Eden offering a knowledge of evil, presents it as a quality greatly to be desired.

From the fullness of a grateful heart the student of Christian Science who has witnessed and experienced its healing power desires to bring the glad tidings of this divine truth in some manner to mankind, to help spread this gospel. One dictionary definition of the word "gospel" is "Glad tidings; csp.