THE WORD "IDEA" AS USED IN CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
The word "idea" is a little word with a big meaning. It has an important place in the teachings of Christian Science, as is evidenced by the frequency with which Mary Baker Eddy uses it i...
ACCEPTING DEMONSTRATION
The basis of all demonstration in Christian Science is the great fact that God is Spirit and His entire creation is spiritual, the complete and perfect reflection of His complete and perfect being....
GENERAL BELIEF VERSUS UNIVERSAL TRUTH
THE word "belief" is often used in the teaching of Christian Science to designate evil. Indeed, we begin to see something of the falsity of evil when we gain a sufficient understanding of...
SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR PROGRESS
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE discloses God's universal, loving control of His own creation. Every spiritual desire, every right effort to progress, belongs to His jurisdiction and evidences the ever-presence...
FACE TO FACE
"WHAT brought you into Christian Science?" asked one man of another in the course of a conversation on this all-absorbing subject."I will tell you," replied his friend. "I...
"AND HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED WONDERFUL"
THAT holy man of Israel, the inspirational prophet Isaiah, whose name in Hebrew signifies "the salvation of the Lord," is without doubt one of the great luminaries of the Scriptures. His...
SCIENTIFIC HUMILITY
SCIENTIFIC humility may be likened to the attitude of a mathematician before the principle of numbers. He knows that no exercise of human will, no personal opinion or desire, will change one iota o...
NO MEMORY FOR EVIL
WHEN a picture has been taken on a film, prints are made by placing the film over chemically sensitive paper and exposing both to strong light. Chemical changes then take place on the paper, and th...
SOME THOUGHTS ON CHURCH MEMBERSHIP
At certain seasons of the year, from the Readers' desks in many Christian Science churches comes a cheering and important notice. It is the announcement that applications for church membership are...
MIND-READING VERSUS CLAIRVOYANCE
WHAT student of Christian Science does not find himself, again and again, marveling at the inspiration of the author of the textbook of this Science? That Mary Baker Eddy was divinely guided in wri...