Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy
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take up the cross, and go forth with honest hearts to
work and watch for wisdom, Truth, and Love. We 15:21 must "pray without ceasing." Such prayer is an- swered, in so far as we put our desires into practice. The Master's injunction is, that we pray in secret and 15:24 let our lives attest our sincerity. Trustworthy beneficence Christians rejoice in secret beauty and bounty, hidden from the world, but known to God. Self-forgetfulness, 15:27 purity, and affection are constant prayers. Practice not profession, understanding not belief, gain the ear and right hand of omnipotence and 15:30 they assuredly call down infinite blessings. Trustworthi- ness is the foundation of enlightened faith. Without a fitness for holiness, we cannot receive holiness. Loftiest adoration 16:1 A great sacrifice of material things must precede this advanced spiritual understanding. The highest prayer 16:3 is not one of faith merely; it is demonstra- tion. Such prayer heals sickness, and must destroy sin and death. It distinguishes between Truth 16:6 that is sinless and the falsity of sinful sense. The prayer of Jesus Christ Our Master taught his disciples one brief prayer, |
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