November 10, 1973
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Sitting at my desk one cold but lovely sunny morning, I heard a loud singing of birds.
Studying the first chapter of Genesis in the Bible one morning, a student of Christian Science read once again, as she had read many times before, the last verse, which begins with the words, "And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.
Young people often ask direct questions about life and conduct.
More than a century ago Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in his essay "Intellect": "We do not determine what we will think.
Have you heard the phrase"See the good in him"and thought as I didto find some small tokenof graspable goodnessin among the other repelling traitsthat disgust, annoy, and impose—hoping to be satisfied with a sample of God's man?
How natural it is in Christian Science to turn to contemplation of the spiritual meaning of the word Soul in order to refresh and spiritualize consciousness! The Psalmist showed some understanding of this when he wrote: "Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Christian Science is the Science taught by him whose pure thought prevented others from condemning an adulteress even though the law said she should be stoned, who propounded the inspiring nature of God's truth to a woman who had had five husbands and was then living with a man who was not her husband, who spoke of adultery as something committed in thought long before it takes place in an overt act, who said, when criticized for associating with sinners, "They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
Many years ago my parents turned to Christian Science for a physical healing for me.
Last year I had a healing which gave me a clearer understanding of God as divine Principle and Life.
I am grateful for Christian Science and for many blessings I have received through its study.
One lovely Saturday morning, feeling in a helpful mood, I jumped on my motorbike to go and help a friend paint his new apartment.
In the spring of 1901, my parents moved into a community in the country where a cousin of my mother's lived.
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Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy is the textbook of Christian Science.
A directory of all Churches of Christ, Scientist, and Christian Science Societies, including the hours of their services and information about their Reading Rooms, appears monthly in The Christian Science Journal.
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