1967 “Possession
1968 “Natural Law”

In this transcript, he writes: “Science and Health tells us, “Few persons comprehend what Christian Science means by the word reflection.” (S&H 301:5-6) Reflection is the full manifestation of Mind. We need to know that reflection is possession. In the words of Mrs. Eddy, “Man is God’s image and likeness; whatever is possible to God, is possible to man as God’s reflection.” (Mis. 183:12-14) Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is within you.” Our Leader tells us, “Know, then, that you possess sovereign power to think and act rightly, and that nothing can dispossess you of this heritage and trespass on Love. If you maintain this position, who or what can cause you to sin or suffer?” (Pul. 3:6-11)”

He also writes, “Our over-all subject today is Natural Law. What is Natural Law? In Science, we learn that the divine law is the natural law of God governing man. Mrs. Eddy says, “Nature voices natural, spiritual law and divine Love, but human belief misinterprets nature.” (S&H 240:1-2) She adds, “You are a law unto yourself.” (S&H 385:23 only)

Law is always Principle in operation and Principle is that which is. Your discovery of Christian Science was your unfolding to the point where you had to acknowledge and realize that which is, and in this discovery, you saw that that which is, spontaneously destroys that which is not. Mrs. Eddy found, in presenting Christian Science to the world as the law of God, that she had to show that which is not the law of God, which she named animal magnetism. The fact that you are here today, is because of the natural law of God. You are governed by the natural Law of God.

1965 “Science Today”
1966 “Science – Its Promise and Potential”

In this transcript, he writes: “Truth is forever forcing us to fulfill the law of progress. The truth dawns ‒ we get understanding ‒ we are enlightened. We saw the truth ‒ we saw the solution of our problems. Under this better visibility of Spirit, we conquer as we see. The so-called problems become opportunities. This enables us to prove with scientific certainty the rule of harmony, ‒ the rule of healing.
Thus, we come ‒ we see ‒ and we conquer.”

• Life Eternal – Address of 1955
• Divine Capacity – Address of 1956
• The Platform – Address of 1957
• All and Nothing – Address of 1958
In his 1955 address, Mr. Merriman writes: “CONVERSATION is a very important subject. All thinking is conversation, either silent or audible. Keep your conversation in heaven. . .. Your thinking is your experience. That which you are experiencing could be none other than your thinking. Everything you see, everything you hear, everything you feel, or do, is always a mode, or manner, of consciousness. The only reality it has is the sense you have of it. This is your awareness. (See Unity of Good 8:5-8).
“How much longer are you going to clothe your thinking with material wrappings? How long are you going to embody your thinking with thoughts of delay, tomorrow, limitation, maybe, and so forth?
“All your troubles come from thinking habitually from the human viewpoint instead of from inspiration. Watch your habit of speech and conversation. They are your habits of thinking. In Proverbs it says, “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.” (Prov. 23:7). Your word choice determines the kind of thinking you are doing. What words are you using? You cannot afford to be careless with your words.
“You should consider how you converse with yourself. You sometimes think you are thinking when you are only rationalizing, cogitating, dreaming about something, or brooding over something. This is a time when you are not actually handling the error, you are just entertaining it.”
In the same address he also tells his students: “You know you cannot escape health! Don’t try any more. Health is an acknowledged fact. You understand this. It is reported that Mrs. Eddy once said, ‘Disease is a coward that leaves when you are not afraid of it.'”

In his 1958 address, Mr. Merriman shares this interesting idea: “Mrs. Eddy tells us, ‘Take possession of your body, and govern its feeling and action.’ (S&H 393:10-11) How could you do this if you lived in the body? Let me give you a simile that will explain this to you; this illustration has always been helpful. In class we talked a great deal about the letter ‘A’ and the alphabet in general. You readily admit the alphabet is mental, wholly within your consciousness, and that you have dominion over it. The letters of the alphabet never get out of line, never get sick, cantankerous. You never seem to have any unruly members in the alphabet! The letter ‘A’ never wanders off and gets into the wrong word! You are never called upon to give any letter a treatment or have an operation performed on any of them. The letters at all times maintain their identity and never deviate from the normal. Now, someone comes to you, knowing that you understand the alphabet and that it never gives you any trouble at all, and says, ‘I have quite a problem and I need your help.’ He tells you, ‘My letter ‘Q’ is upside down and hind-side fore.’ He is indeed perplexed. You know that such a statement is utterly ridiculous, but of course, he wants a treatment for it. What do you do? Why, you say, “‘Q’is just all right.’ You know the truth as to the letter ‘Q’; you don’t treat an upside-down ‘Q’ but you see that all he has is a belief, a false sense of ‘Q’and that the whole suggestion is error, animal magnetism. You maintain the letter ‘Q’ is perfect and there you stand. Use this line of thought in your work, no matter what suggestion is presented. A disabled organ, so-called, is no different than the belief of a disabled letter ‘Q.’

“One of the first things you did when the alphabet was presented to you was to see it in a normal way and establish it thusly. Mrs. Eddy says, ‘Establish the scientific sense of health, and you relieve the oppressed organ. The inflammation, decomposition, or deposit will abate, and the disabled organ will resume its healthy functions.’ (S&H 373:22-26) You establish the scientific sense of harmony. Scientific sense is the exact knowing of things as they really are. Years ago, you established your honesty, and you likewise established your alphabet. It is just as easy to establish health or harmony, because the kingdom of heaven is within you.”

• Christian Science is the Sovereign Panacea – Address of 1959
• Discipleship – Address of 1960

1961 address “The Allness of Good”
1962 address “God is All-In-All
In “The Allness of Good” he says “You are living this Science. You cannot live the Science as you do without making your presence felt. You are imparting your understanding continuously in thought, word and deed.”
In “God Is All in All” he says “We often hear about the grace of God; it is spoken of many times in the Scriptures. Have you ever stopped to think what is meant by the grace of God?… Grace is the divine influence upon the heart; grace means favored. Grace is the gift of sonship; grace is spiritual power.”

1963 “Reflection”
1964 “You Are The Solution”

In “Reflection” he says “God determines what man is – you do not determine this. You are just what God determines – you are reflection. God determines Himself as you. How could God have an idea and not sustain that idea? And God, in sustaining His idea, gives man all the attributes embodied forever. Man can lack nothing. . . .  man is the complete achievement.”
“Both unselfishness and selfishness are personal and deal with persons rather than God’s reflection. To be unselfed and know no person is to be divine. Thinking of yourself as reflection and holding to it is unselfed Love . . . .It is divine Love in action.”

In “You Are the Solution” he says “You can meet and handle all aggressive mental suggestions. You are the solution and understanding of everything that appears in the horizon of your consciousness.”