What is thy birthright, man,

Child of the perfect One;

What is thy Father’s plan

For His beloved son?

Thou art Truth’s honest child,

Of pure and sinless heart;

Thou treadest undefiled

In Christly paths apart.

Vain dreams shall disappear

As Truth dawns on the sight;

The phantoms of thy fear

Shall flee before the light.

Take then the sacred rod;

Thou art not error’s thrall;

Thou hast the gift of God—

Dominion over all.

[Genesis 1]

Gen. 1:2, 27, 31

[T]he spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.

[Genesis 2 and 3]

Gen. 2:7; 3:17, 19

the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground . . . . And unto Adam he said, dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Jer. 2:26-28

As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets, Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth.

Job 33:4

The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

Isa. 64:8

now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

Isa. 40:25, 26

To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

Matt. 6:9, 8

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven,

Luke 15:2-3, 11-32

[T]he Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners. And [Jesus] spake this parable unto them, saying, . . . , A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. . . . And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. . . . Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing. . . . . And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and entreated him. And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

Ps. 103:11-13, 17-18

For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children; To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

Ps. 68:4-6

Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: . . . A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. God setteth the solitary in families .. ..

Ps. 18:30, 32, 35-36

As for God, his way is perfect . . . . It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.. … Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

Matt. 9:2-7

Behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. And he arose, and departed to his house.

Jer. 31:7, 9, 11

For thus saith the Lord; Sing with gladness . . . for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.

Prov. 1:8

My son, hear the instruction of thy father. . ..

Prov. 3:11-12

[D]espise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

Ps. 139:1-4, 7-10, 14-17-18

O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; When I awake, I am still with You.

Rom. 8:15-17

[Y]e have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ;

I John 3:1-3

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: . . . Beloved, now are we the sons of God.

SH 586:9-10

Father. Eternal Life; the one Mind; the divine Principle, commonly called God.

SH 31:4-6, 10-11

Jesus acknowledged no ties of the flesh. He said: “Call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.” He recognized Spirit, God, as the only creator, and therefore as the Father of all.

SH 286:13

He knew that the divine Principle, Love, creates and governs all that is real.

SH 140:23-27, 28

The Jewish tribal Jehovah was a man-projected God, liable to wrath, repentance, and human changeableness. The Christian Science God is universal, eternal, divine Love, which changeth not and causeth no evil, disease, nor death. . . . . In the beginning God created man in His, God’s, image; but mortals would procreate man, and make God in their own human image. What is the god of a mortal, but a mortal magnified?

SH 521:26-29

The second chapter of Genesis contains a statement of this material view of God and the universe, a statement which is the exact opposite of scientific truth as before recorded.

SH 267:3-4

The offspring of God start not from matter or ephemeral dust.

SH 303:5

Multiplication of God’s children comes from no power of propagation in matter, it is the reflection of Spirit.

SH 257:12-14

Mind creates His own likeness in ideas, and the substance of an idea is very far from being the supposed substance of non-intelligent matter. Hence the Father Mind is not the father of matter.

SH 536:11

If man’s spiritual gravitation and attraction to one Father, in whom we “live, and move, and have our being,” should be lost, and if man should be governed by corporeality instead of divine Principle, by body instead of by Soul, man would be annihilated. Created by flesh instead of by Spirit, starting from matter instead of from God, mortal man would be governed by himself. The blind leading the blind, both would fall.

SH 475:28-31

The real man cannot depart from holiness, nor can God, by whom man is evolved, engender the capacity or freedom to sin. A mortal sinner is not God’s man.

SH 522:5

The first record assigns all might and government to God, and endows man out of God’s perfection and power. The second record chronicles man as mutable and mortal, — as having broken away from Deity and as revolving in an orbit of his own. Existence, separate from divinity, Science explains as impossible.

SH 282:28

Whatever indicates the fall of man or the opposite of God or God’s absence, is the Adam-dream, which is neither Mind nor man, for it is not begotten of the Father. . . .. As mortals begin to understand Spirit, they give up the belief that there is any true existence apart from God.

SH 267:8

It is generally conceded that God is Father, eternal, self-created, infinite. If this is so, the forever Father must have had children prior to Adam. The great I am made all “that was made.” Hence man and the spiritual universe coexist with God.

SH 337:7-10

For true happiness, man must harmonize with his Principle, divine Love; the Son must be in accord with the Father, in conformity with Christ.

SH 371:26

Mankind will improve through Science and Christianity. The necessity for uplifting the race is father to the fact that Mind can do it; for Mind can impart purity instead of impurity, strength instead of weakness, and health instead of disease. Truth is an alterative in the entire system, and can make it “every whit whole.”

SH 302:19

The Science of being reveals man as perfect, even as the Father is perfect, because the Soul, or Mind, of the spiritual man is God, the divine Principle of all being, and because this real man is governed by Soul instead of sense, by the law of Spirit, not by the so-called laws of matter.

SH 387:27-32

The history of Christianity furnishes sublime proofs of the supporting influence and protecting power bestowed on man by his heavenly Father, omnipotent Mind, who gives man faith and understanding whereby to defend himself, not only from temptation, but from bodily suffering.

SH 657:12-15 (np)

SEVERE EYE TROUBLE OVERCOME

After hearing Christian Science lightly spoken of, from a Christian pulpit, I decided to go to one of the services and hear for myself. . . . . I saw immediately that these people not only preached Christianity, but practised and lived it. At that time I was wearing glasses and had worn them for sixteen years. At times I suffered the most intense pain, and for this phase of the trouble, one specialist after another had been consulted. All gave me very much the same advice; each one urged extreme carefulness and gave me glasses that seemed to relieve for a time. None of them held out any hope that my sight would ever be restored, saying that the defect had existed since infancy, and that in time I should be blind.

The thought of blindness was very distressing to me, but I tried to bear it with Christian resignation, since I thought that God had seen fit to afflict me; but since I have learned that He is a loving Father, who gives only good, I regret that I ever charged Him with my affliction. I had no treatment, but I read Science and Health, and my eyes were healed and glasses laid aside. I can never find words to express my thanks to our dear Leader, through whose teachings my sight has been regained. I can truthfully say that “whereas I was blind, now I see” — through an understanding of Truth I have found my sight perfect as God gave it.  — Miss B. S., Wilmington, N. C.

SH 2:4

Are we benefited by praying? Yes, the desire which goes forth hungering after righteousness is blessed of our Father, and it does not return unto us void.

SH 325:10

In Colossians (iii. 4) Paul writes: “When Christ, who is our life, shall appear [be manifested], then shall ye also appear [be manifested] with him in glory.” When spiritual being is understood in all its perfection, continuity, and might, then shall man be found in God’s image. The absolute meaning of the apostolic words is this: Then shall man be found, in His likeness, perfect as the Father, indestructible in Life, “hid with Christ in God,” — with Truth in divine Love, where human sense hath not seen man.

SH 576:31-4

This human sense of Deity yields to the divine sense, even as the material sense of personality yields to the incorporeal sense of God and man as the infinite Principle and infinite idea, — as one Father with His universal family, held in the gospel of Love.

Holy Father, Thou hast taught us

We should live to Thee alone;

Year by year, Thy hand hath brought us

On through dangers oft unknown.

When we wandered, Thou hast found us;

When we doubted, sent us light;

Still Thine arm has been around us,

All our paths were in Thy sight.

We would trust in Thy protecting,

Wholly rest upon Thine arm,

Follow wholly Thy directing,

Thou our only guard from harm.

Keep us from our own undoing,

Help us turn to Thee when tried,

Still our strength in Thee renewing,

Keep us ever at Thy side.

Father, we Thy loving children

Lift our hearts in joy today,

Knowing well that Thou wilt keep us

Ever in Thy blessed way.

Thou art Love and Thou art wisdom,

Thou art Life and Thou art All;

In Thy Spirit living, moving,

We shall neither faint nor fall.

Come we daily then, dear Father,

Open hearts and willing hands,

Eager ears, expectant, joyful,

Ready for Thy right commands.

We would hear no other voices,

We would heed no other call;

Thou alone art good and gracious,

Thou our Mind and Thou our All.

In Thy house securely dwelling,

Where Thy children live to bless,

Seeing only Thy creation,

We can share Thy happiness,

Share Thy joy and spend it freely.

Loyal hearts can feel no fear;

We Thy children know Thee, Father,

Love and Life forever near.