Many
students of Christian Science have no doubt noted and thoughtfully considered the seal on the cover of our textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," and on all the other works of our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy.
"In
obedience to the divine nature, man's individuality reflects the divine law and order of being," says Mary Baker Eddy in her "Miscellaneous Writings".
In
these days, when nearly all nations and peoples seem to be in a state of confusion and upheaval, when radical and impractical concepts of government are being advanced and found wanting, it is clear that the body politic is in as great need of healing as the body we call human.
In
the light of a dictionary definition of the word object as "a conception formed by the mind itself," Mary Baker Eddy's statement concerning Love's object, found on page 304 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," takes on fresh meaning.
Mary Baker Eddy
, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, saw that a really correct understanding of words and their definition reveals shades of spiritual meaning which the average person perhaps may not perceive.
"If
we are not secretly yearning and openly striving for the accomplishment of all we ask, our prayers are 'vain repetitions,' such as the heathen use.
An
ultimatum represents the final terms or conditions offered to a disputant, and Christian Science, provides an uncompromising ultimatum to all that disputes good.