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THE BIBLESection2SCIENCE and HEALTH with Key to the Scriptures6 Psalms 72:18Spirit blesses man, but man cannot “tell whenceit cometh.” By it the sick are healed, the sorrowing are30 comforted, and the sinning are reformed. These are theeffects of one universal God, the invisible good dwellingin eternal Science.7 Exodus 3:11 Moses, 12 (to ;)oses said unto God, Who am I, that I should gounto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forththe children of Israel out of Egypt? 12 Andhe said, Certainly I will be with thee;8 Exodus 4:1–4, 6–8And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they willnot believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for theywill say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee. 2 Andthe Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand?And he said, A rod. 3 And he said, Cast it on theground. And he cast it on the ground, and it becamea serpent; and Moses fled from before it. 4 And theLord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take itby the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it,and it became a rod in his hand:6 And the Lord said furthermore unto him, Put nowthine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand intohis bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his handwas leprous as snow. 7 And he said, Put thine handinto thy bosom again. And he put his hand into hisbosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and,behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. 8 And itshall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neitherhearken to the voice of the first sign, that they willbelieve the voice of the latter sign.7 321:8–24Who am I tobe talkingto Pharaoh?OWNW D ODORTH AT RTHPIT UPICK E TAILHBY T9 Ecclesiastes 3:14 (to 2nd :)MANY DIFFERENTkinds of snakes live in Egypt, and most areharmless, but when Moses was talking toPharaoh, snakes, especially poisonous kinds,represented different gods and evil spirits tothe Egyptian people. So Moses’s display had a much deepersignificance than just turning a stick into a snake and back.What makes this story of Mosesinspiring to you? How can youapply it to your own life?When, led by wisdom to cast down hisFear of theserpent9 rod, he saw it become a serpent, Moses fled beovercomefore it; but wisdom bade him come back andhandle the serpent, and then Moses’ fear departed. In12 this incident was seen the actuality of Science. Matterwas shown to be a belief only. The serpent, evil, underwisdom’s bidding, was destroyed through understanding15 divine Science, and this proof was a staff upon which tolean. The illusion of Moses lost its power to alarm him,when he discovered that what he apparently saw was really18 but a phase of mortal belief.It was scientifically demonstrated that leprosy was acreation of mortal mind and not a condition of matter,21 when Moses first put his hand into his bosomLeprosyhealedand drew it forth white as snow with the dreaddisease, and presently restored his hand to its natural con24 dition by the same simple process.8 104:13Christian Science goes to the bottom of mental action,and reveals the theodicy which indicates the rightness of15 all divine action, as the emanation of divinePerfectionof divineMind, and the consequent wrongness of thegovernmentopposite so-called action, — evil, occultism,18 necromancy, mesmerism, animal magnetism, hypnotism.9 252:7I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever:nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it:bade: (past tense of bid) told; instructed;ordered; directeddread: greatly feared; frightful; terribletheodicy: defense of God’s goodness in spite of the apparentreality of eviloccultism: secret practice of magic or other allegedsupernatural powersnecromancy: the practice of attempting to communicatewith the spirits of the deadbestowed: given; granted; afforded; awardedprerogative: special right or privilege; entitlement;advantage; birthrightMary Baker Eddy6 78:28Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who onlydoeth wondrous things.M ANDUR H NICOYPUT OUR TUIN YWhen false human beliefs learn even a little of theirown falsity, they begin to disappear. A knowledge of9 error and of its operations must precede thatEternal manrecognizedunderstanding of Truth which destroys error,until the entire mortal, material error finally disappears,12 and the eternal verity, man created by and of Spirit,is understood and recognized as the true likeness of hisMaker.10 253:9INAGAI’ll go.9 I hope, dear reader, I am leading you into the under standing of your divine rights, your heaven-bestowed har mony, — that, as you read, you see there is noHeavenbestowed12 cause (outside of erring, mortal, material senseprerogativewhich is not power) able to make you sick orsinful; and I hope that you are conquering this false sense.15 Knowing the falsity of so-called material sense, you canassert your prerogative to overcome the belief in sin, dis ease, or death.Reading this story,I get that I can seethrough anyclaim of evil.EverythingGod hasdone willlast forever; nothing he doescan ever be changed . . .Ecclesiastes 3:14 (in part)—Contemporary English VersionCHRISTIAN SCIENCE QUARTERLY MYBIBLELESSON 2014 THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY ANCIENT AND MODERN NECROMANCY, ALIAS MESMERISM AND HYPNOTISM, DENOUNCED 3Visit myBibleLesson.com Nov. 24–30, 2014

THE BIBLESection3SCIENCE and HEALTH with Key to the Scriptures10 Psalms 91:2, 3TMary Baker Eddy11 581:4I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: myGod; in him will I trust. 3 Surely he shall deliver thee fromthe snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.ANGELS. God’s thoughts passing to man; spiritualintuitions, pure and perfect; the inspiration of goodness,6 purity, and immortality, counteracting all evil, sensuality,and mortality.11 Matthew 4:1–11, 23hen was Jesus led upof the Spirit into thewilderness to betempted of the devil. 2 Andwhen he had fasted fortydays and forty nights, hewas afterward an hungered.3 And when the temptercame to him, he said, If thoube the Son of God, commandthat these stones be madebread. 4 But he answered andsaid, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone,but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth ofGod. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city,and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6 And saithunto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down:for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lestat any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 7 Jesussaid unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not temptthe Lord thy God. 8 Again, the devil taketh him up intoan exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all thekingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 9 Andsaith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thouwilt fall down and worship me. 10 Then saith Jesus untohim, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shaltworship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thouserve. 11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold,angels came and ministered unto him.23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in theirsynagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom,and healing all manner of sickness and all manner ofdisease among the people. 12 299:11Angels12 are God’s representatives. These upward-soaring beingsnever lead towards self, sin, or materiality, but guide tothe divine Principle of all good, whither every real indi15 viduality, image, or likeness of God, gathers. By givingearnest heed to these spiritual guides they tarry with us,and we entertain “angels unawares.”13 17:8–11Mountof Temptationin Jericho,northeastof JerusalemAnd lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from9evil;And God leadeth us not into temptation, but deliverethus from sin, disease, and death.14 42:21–2321Because of the won drous glory which God bestowed on His anointed, temp tation, sin, sickness, and death had no terror for Jesus.15 387:2727 The history of Christianity furnishes sublime proofsof the supporting influence and protecting power bestowedon man by his heavenly Father, omnipotentChristianhistory30 Mind, who gives man faith and understandingwhereby to defend himself, not only from temptation, butfrom bodily suffering.16 469:13–17 TheThe exterminator of erroris the great truth that God, good, is the only Mind, and15 that the supposititious opposite of infinite Mind— called devil or evil — is not Mind, is notTrue sense ofinfinitudeTruth, but error, without intelligence or reality.17 567:3–6 TruthSay this: “GOD, you’re my refuge.I trust in you and I’m safe!”That’s right—he rescues youfrom hidden traps,shields you from deadlyhazards.Psalms 9:2, 3—The MessageA fowler’s snare was a trap for birdsmade by spreading a net over aframe. It would collapse aroundthe bird when the bird touched it.A snare could also be made of ropeor wire with a loop that tightenedwhen pulled.What a bad ideato bring him up toa pinnacle.temptationsof evil or error3Truthand Love come nearer in the hour of woe, when strongfaith or spiritual strength wrestles and prevails through6 the understanding of God.You can find out more about angelsin Mary Baker Eddy’s MiscellaneousWritings (pp. 306–307).fowler: bird hunter who captures birds forboth eating and live usesnoisome: extremely bad-smelling; obnox-ious; objectionablefasted: gone without food; abstained; refrainedministered: cared for; helped; servedintuitions: things known without specific education or outwardproof; perceptions; instinctsheed: attention; regard; consciousnesstarry: stay; remain; waitanointed: one who is made divine or holywoe: sorrow; anguish; miseryCHRISTIAN SCIENCE QUARTERLY MYBIBLELESSON 2014 THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY ANCIENT AND MODERN NECROMANCY, ALIAS MESMERISM AND HYPNOTISM, DENOUNCED 4Visit myBibleLesson.com Nov. 24–30, 2014

THE BIBLESection4SCIENCE and HEALTH with Key to the Scriptures Mary Baker Eddy12 Acts 10:38–40 God18 27:10God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost andwith power: who went about doing good, and healingall that were oppressed of the devil; for God was withhim. 39 And we are witnesses of all things which he didboth in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whomthey slew and hanged on a tree: 40 Him God raised upthe third day, and shewed him openly;TThat Life is God, Jesus proved by his reappearanceafter the crucifixion in strict accordance with his scien12 tific statement: “Destroy this temple [body],Livingtempleand in three days I [Spirit] will raise it up.”It is as if he had said: The I — the Life, substance,15 and intelligence of the universe — is not in matter tobe destroyed.19 450:27–213 John 20:1, 11–14Mary, 1627he first day of the weekcometh Mary Magdalene early, when it wasyet dark, unto the sepulchre,and seeth the stone takenaway from the sepulchre.11 Mary stood withoutat the sepulchre weeping:and as she wept, she stoopeddown, and looked into the sepulchre, 12 And seeth twoangels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the otherat the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. 13 And theysay unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith untothem, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I knownot where they have laid him. 14 And when she had thussaid, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing,and knew not that it was Jesus.16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, andsaith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.Who, that has felt the perilous beliefs in life, substance,and intelligence separated from God, can say that thereis no error of belief? Knowing the claim ofFalse claimsannihilated30 animal magnetism, that all evil combines inthe belief of life, substance, and intelligence in matter,electricity, animal nature, and organic life, who will deny1 that these are the errors which Truth must and will an nihilate?A tombor sepulchrein Israelshowing howa round stonewas usedto close theopening20 292:31In his resurrection and ascension, Jesus showedthat a mortal man is not the real essence of manhood, and1 that this unreal material mortality disappears in presenceof the reality.21 315:11–13, 14–16The opposite and false views of the people hid from12 their sense Christ’s sonship with God. They could notdiscern his spiritual existence.The truesonshipTheir thoughts15 were filled with mortal error, instead of with God’s spirit ual idea as presented by Christ Jesus.22 214:14What is “organic life”? Check out Eddy’s ideas in“Questions and Answers” (Miscellaneous Writingsp. 56:3).Don’t let “dark visions” cloud yourspiritual sense today! Use the ideasin this section to help you fill yourthought with good.belief ofseparationfrom God23 428:3–836Life is real, and death is the illusion. A demonstration of the facts of Soul in Jesus’ way resolves the darkvisions of material sense into harmony andVisionopeningimmortality. Man’s privilege at this suprememoment is to prove the words of our Master: “If a mankeep my saying, he shall never see death.”“The Christ is here,all dreams of error breaking, . . . ”  *beliefof substancein matterbeliefoflife inmatterWhen it is learned that the spirit15 ual sense, and not the material, conveys the impressionsof Mind to man, then being will be understood and foundto be harmonious.beliefofmind inmatterslew: killedaccordance: compliance;agreementperilous: dangerous; risky; precariousessence: nature; core; centerresolves: converts; transformsChrist*Rosa M. Turner, Hymn No. 412, Christian Science HymnalCHRISTIAN SCIENCE QUARTERLY MYBIBLELESSON 2014 THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY ANCIENT AND MODERN NECROMANCY, ALIAS MESMERISM AND HYPNOTISM, DENOUNCED 5Visit myBibleLesson.com Nov. 24–30, 2014

THE BIBLEESection5SCIENCE and HEALTH with Key to the Scriptures14 James 1:17very good gift and every perfect gift is from above,and cometh down from the Father of lights, withwhom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.15 Galatians 5:22 the, 23the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance:against such there is no law. Mary Baker Eddy24 102:1–3, 30–21 Animal magnetism has no scientific foundation, forGod governs all that is real, harmonious, and eternal, and3 His power is neither animal nor human.30 Mankind must learn that evil is not power. Its so called despotism is but a phase of nothingness. ChristianScience despoils the kingdom of evil, and pre-eminently1 promotes affection and virtue in families and thereforein the community.25 AELJerichoJerusalem020JordanRiver40 mivariableness: changeability; inconsistency; instabilitylongsuffering: patiencemeekness: humility; quiet strength; state of being peaceful,gentle, and free of resentmenttemperance: restraint despite temptation; self-controlscientific: conforming with the laws or principles of Sciencedespotism: oppression; tyrannydespoils: deprives; dispossesses; robspre-eminently: in a superior way; above all; primarily; chieflyvirtue: goodness; moral excellence; integrity; dignity; honorBlackSeaMACEDONIAGREECETURKEYCRETELIBYADead Sea20 40 kmin this week’s Bible Lesson. Look forthe globe icon next to thetext to tell you when tocome back to this map.ITALYMOABJUDÆA0Sea ofGalilee18God is infinite, therefore ever present, andthere is no other power nor presence.Map of various aETHIOPIAEnjoy “the fruit of the Spirit”—and with each bite,think of thingsyou’regrateful for:But whatever is goodand perfect comesto us from God, theCreator of all light,and he shines foreverwithout change orshadow.James 1:17—The Living BiblejoylovepeaceCHRISTIAN SCIENCE QUARTERLY MYBIBLELESSON 2014 THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY ANCIENT AND MODERN NECROMANCY, ALIAS MESMERISM AND HYPNOTISM, DENOUNCED 6Visit myBibleLesson.com Nov. 24–30, 2014

Thepure joyofrunningBACKGROUND IMAGE: JUPITERIMAGES/PHOTOS.COM/THINKSTOCKIBY SHANE‘ve always loved thepure joy of running.And I discovered my freshman year, asa first-time cross-country runner, thatthis activity came naturally to me.My parents often took me runningaround the foothills of Golden, Colorado,when I was younger. But when I got intohigh school, it seemed like many peopleworried about running injuries. Stress fractures, shin splints—you name it. As a Christian Scientist, I find that it’s a great comfortknowing the truth about my relationshipwith a caring and loving God. Running tome is a strong expression of spiritual qualities, especially freedom and joy. When Itake this to heart, there is no room for common jogging theories and anxieties.Last summer, I began training with mycross-country team for my second season.(The season officially started in August butthe unofficial training began in early May.)But by early June I began to struggle withback trouble. There was pain when I wasdoing common activities such as bendingover or jumping, not to mention running.As fear started to grip me harder, the painonly grew worse.My parents were aware and wantedto make sure that I would get relief soon.Because of many healings my family hadexperienced during my growing-up years, Iwanted to use Christian Science treatmentto handle this problem. That meant that wewould prayerfully reject the false, distortedpicture of an “injured me,” and understandmore about my pure, spiritual identity. Weexpected to see healing results.I tried to remain calm and prayed onand off about it for several weeks, but goodthoughts seemed to be blocked by scarierwe have hiddenan image of a pearl[] somewhere in thepages of mybiblelesson.happy pearl hunting!Pearl Hint: The Christ keeps you from everbeing entombed in material views.thoughts. What Science and Health withKey to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddycalls “error,” or the lie that there’s a powerbigger and more powerful than God, wastrying to escalate my fear with lies like “Thisis a severe condition. What if it can’t behealed through prayer?” or “Maybe it willnever disappear, and you won’t be able torun again.”One night I glanced around my roomand saw my tattered, well-used, little“Words Only” Christian Science Hymnal. Ihad gotten to know this book well since I’dused it to find supportive ideas to pray withduring a very difficult math class the yearbefore. So I immediately turned to my favorite: Hymn 160. The first verse reads:It matters not what be thy lot,So Love doth guide;For storm or shine, pure peaceis thine,Whate’er betide.(Mary Baker Eddy)I love this verse because it says that nomatter what happens, whether you are instorm or shine, you can always feel purepeace because God, Love, is your guide.This, along with a thought from my momthat doing a good activity to express spiritual qualities can’t produce bad results,succeeded not only in calming me downfor that moment, but in blocking all negative thoughts that came my way.By the end of that week, the back trouble was gone. Actually, I’d completely forgotten about it! When bad thoughts andworries crept back into my thinking, I justlaughed to myself and thought, “So silly!”They had no power to take my healingaway.This healing experience helped duringanother problem toward the end of mysophomore running season leading up toour school’s biggest cross-country event.I learned that having a peaceful frame ofmind and a diligent attitude, in practiceand prayer, is so important.During this time, cold symptoms startedto develop, which made it very hard forme to focus on running. Besides the challenge of these symptoms, I didn’t get to runmuch, since I play the drums and also hadto practice and perform with the drumlinefor my school. (I play during the footballgame halftime shows, and also in otherdrumline events.) I wondered if only onecross-country practice that week would besufficient to get me ready for the pre-re-gional meet on Saturday.At the one practice, I only made ithalfway through before sputtering andcoughing. On our way back to the school, Icouldn’t breathe very well and had to walka good way back. This was discouraging because it seemed that I wouldn’t be able torun for the rest of the week. I became afraidI wouldn’t do well in the upcoming meet,and not be ready for the regional meet thenext Friday. This felt like a low point.When I got home, I tried to calm downand thought back to what my mom hadtold me during my back troubles—something like this: “You can’t be hindered whenyou’re doing a good, God-expressed activity.” I knew that drumline required creativityand joy, both of which are God-given qualities. And I realized that since God is omnipotent, there could be no shortage of joy fordrumline and running. I started to look atrunning in a whole new way, as somethingthat should be joyful, not worrisome or irritating. And it also became clear that whileI’m expressing joy, God, it is impossible forme to feel hurt or sick.On the night before the cross-countrymeet, I completed all of the drumline performances, and the next morning it wastime to run. I went into the meet with arenewed feeling of anticipation and excitement, and thought how wonderful it wasgoing to be to run with this new mind-setof jubilation, enjoyment, and delight.I ran the whole meet with no negativethoughts and ended up coming in secondfor my team with a time that was only threeseconds away from my personal best. Thesigns of a cold were completely gone anddidn’t come back. Wow . . . Bliss! The remaining practices gave me opportunitiesto practice this new joyful approach beforethe next big meet.At the regional meet that next Friday, Iran very well, beating my personal best by16 seconds on a difficult course, and I enjoyed the run the whole time.I am very grateful for these healings,and for a new way of thinking that not onlyimproved my running, but my outlook onlife and God.This article was originally published in theJuly 18, 2011 issue of the Christian Science Sentinel.You can find this piece (and thousands more!) atjsh.christianscience.com.PHOTO ATTRIBUTIONS:COVER: Jupiterimages/Creatas/Thinkstock: barnyard, mod.Page 4: Barry Huff: Mount of Temptation, mod.Page 5: Olene Carroll: wayside tombAll nonattributed graphics, photos, and digitally modified images by mBL staff.CHRISTIAN SCIENCE QUARTERLY MYBIBLELESSON 2014 THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY ANCIENT AND MODERN NECROMANCY, ALIAS MESMERISM AND HYPNOTISM, DENOUNCED 7Visit myBibleLesson.com Nov. 24–30, 2014

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36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. Ancient and Modern Necromancy, alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism, Denounced 2 0 1 4 Christian Science Quarterly Nov. 24–