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and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit"2 This rebirth, this re-for- nation, Christian Science makes possible by showing the true nature of Spirit as Mind. Those who be- lieve that they are controlled, af- fiicted, and governed by discordant physical body have the open door to health and freedom if they will but avail themselves of the scientific method which Christian Science re- veals the practice of correcting ma terial belief with spiritual under standing.
 As with the body, so with all material concepts such as food, clothing, environment, employment, supply. We must learn to discern the specific spiritual facts lnderly- ing each. Metaphysics ex- changes the objects of sense for the ideas of Soul" (Science and Health, D. 269). This correct, scientific proc ess of reasoning brings out increased harmony in all human affairs. It does not improve matter; it uncov- CTS the falsity of matters claims and annuls them. The improvement manifested in human experience is always the result of understanding the allness of Spirit, Mind. and the unreal nature of matter. Since man is the image and likeness of God, he reflects Minds imperishable sub- stance, boundless; resources, cease less activity, and unchangeable law of good.
 It is the Christ, Truth, as demon strated by Jesus, that reveals the line of demarcat.on between false belief = the testimony of material sense and spiritual reality. The divine consciousness that operated as the Mind of Christ Jesus is avail able to us all through Christian Science. This Science shows us how to claim our unity with the one Mind, and to reject as unreal the false beliefs of the carnal mind, such as hatred, fear, envy, jealousy, revenge, sin, sickness, and death. Obviously these beliefs belong not to the Mind which was in Christ Jesus, but to the mind which, Paul tells us, ''is enmity against God" and must be put of. It is cause for deep gratitude that here and now divine Minds ideals have only to be recognized and utilized as Jesus un- derstood and utilized them, to &C., complish the same works that he accomplished. Our great Exemplar, Christ Jesus, Mrs. Eddy tells us in her work No and Yes" (p. 31), "cast out evils, mediating between what is and is not, until a perfect con- sciousneSs is attained" Can we not see with what certainty this state ment verifies Pauls declaration in his letter to Timothy, For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men. the man Christ Jesus"? Why was he the sole medi- ator? Christian Science has re- vealed that it was because he, and he alone, recognized and demon strated the fundamental law of mans relationship to God. This eternal unity of the divine relation ship between God and man can never be realized by mere outward worship or ritualistic observance. Divine Science teaches that this realization is gained only as we Tive so as to keep human consciousness in constant relation with the divine, the spiritual, and the eternal" (The First Church of Christ, Scientist and Miscellany, p. 16O. This, Mrs. Eddy declared, lis to individualize infinite power; and this is Christian Science"
 The activity of Minds true ideas in human consciousness can over- come every material illusion of falsely educated belief. They are adequate to meet every demand made upon them in human expe- rience.
 When we realize our true, spiritual selfhood, coexistent with divine Mind, we perceive that man must have by reflection all that divine Mind has, knows, or is. Otherwise man would not be the true image and likeness. He would be false witness, or Gods unlikeness. But because he is the representation of Mind. he reflects divine intelligence uninterrupted activity, abundance, and security. Just in proportion as this true state of consciousness is gained, it finds outward expression in conditions which reveal and att test the operation of Minds all- governing law of good. There can be no lack, no limitation, no con- fusion or uncertainty, no inequity or inefficiency in a consciousness which recognizes, as Paul did, that 'in him we hve,- and move, and have our being"
 Spirit the Only Real Substance
 Since all substance Is of God, Spirit, Gods spiritual ideas alone are subStantial. This fundamental fact understood and maintained will overcome the erroneous suggestions of insufficiency, dearth, or diminu- ton of supply, and will bring to light ample provision for every hu- man need. Quail and mamma ap- peared to the wilderness wanderers to satisfy their human hunger; loaves and fishes were provided for the multitudes who followed Jesus to learn more of his words and works. The same spiritual law of supply and demand is operative to- day. It is available to those whose faith has become firm through spir- itual understanding gained in the Science of Christ. or Christian Sci- ence. Jesus said, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you" Divine promises are kept. Truth is eternally true. Love is ever present and infinitely operative.
 A lady who had been studying Christian Science but short time called upon a practitioner for help in what seemed to her to be an acute financial problem. She was teacher by profession, but had been uneni- ployed for a long time, with the exception of instructing Q few pri- vate pupils. She was about to be evicted from her apartment because of her inability to pay the rent. Tn addition to this. her furniture was to Dc attached for debts overdue.