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THE all-important question, the all-pervasive note in present-day affairs, is freedom. The highest, the noblest, the most sacred quality in human life is freedom.

EVERY instance of the healing of sin or disease By Christian Science proves the truth of Mrs. Eddy's statement that "there is but one primal cause.

SOME years ago electrical experts were puzzled to account for certain strange effects not explained by current knowledge. Most observers were content to call them freaks of the atmosphere.

THE influence of Christian Science upon the human understanding is not to glorify material personality, but to efface it, and so bring to light the true concept of man as spiritual and immortal. This does not mean the extinction, but the salvation, of mankind.

ONE who appreciates the value of accuracy and honesty in thought and in speech, finds rich resources in studying the derivation of words. Not satisfied to know their current modern acceptation, he searches to discover their source, and the development or accident through which they have passed from their origin to their present use.

THE story of the prophet Elijah, as given in the 19th chapter of 1 Kings, is replete with helpful lessons. The prophet was in a cave, hiding from the vengeance vowed by Jezebel, and in the utter desolation of the moment, he cried to the Almighty to take away his life and so save him from the sense of loneliness and failure.

LONG centuries ago the master Teacher respecting Soul-sense said to the dull and self-satisfied disciples around him, "Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not?" Did he refer to material seeing and hearing? No. He meant that they had the latent ability to discern spiritually, to understand spiritually, and yet they had not brought themselves to the plane of thought where they could do so.

THE positive declarations of the Master which are recorded in the New Testament inform every Bible student that the healing of both mind and body by a right understanding of his word and works is an essential element of Christianity. His commands and their true meaning have never been altered or compromised by either wrong theological beliefs or the evasive doctrines of mankind.

THE term matter is more or less familiar to all thinking persons; and yet, so confused and vague are popular impressions regarding the thing for which it is supposed to stand, that comparatively few individuals, probably, could give a passable definition of the word. To be sure, every one recognizes, and could readily describe, certain properties and phenomenal peculiarities that are designated as attributes of matter, but this determination rests on the evidence of impressions received through the medium of physical sensation—impressions that indicate nothing more than the way certain hypothetical or undetermined agencies affect our consciousness under given conditions.

CHRIST JESUS taught that his works, however uncommon and wonderful, were always in obedience to, and not in suspension or violation of, the law of God. This is the unmistakable and inflexible import of his words, and none of his utterances permit the contrary interpretation.