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It is admitted universally that mortals think wickedly and act wickedly. It is beginning to be seen by thinkers that mortals also think and act in a sickly fashion.

As it is written. ROMANS iii.

One day Sammy Hartlow went with his mother to visit some friends. They rode in a horsecar; for the friends lived in a suburban city, and the distance was several miles.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. I JOHN iv.

Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem.

To prove that there is an existence beyond the change which we name Death, has always been earnestly desired. Today the world of Christian theology admits that, aside from revelation, there is no absolute proof of a future life, but only cumulative evidence.

Broadly defined, Christian Science is living, bringing out in practical demonstration, the Christ-life. Christian Science does away with the vicarious atonement, in so far as it discards the commonly accepted doctrine that the shedding of Jesus' blood paid the penalty for man's transgression, without human work or effort.

There are moments, during our present state of existence, when man loses faith in the world. Men cling to the visionary, while the battle of life goes on, with little else to feed upon, — little outside of that which the world offers as a reward for the struggle of years.

The answer to the oft-repeated question, Is there no matter? involves another question, What is matter? The word matter is defined, by standard authority, as the material, or substance, out of which any object or thing is made, — substance which changes in form according to the evolution of physical law, as seen in the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms, in their various stages of birth, growth, and decay. Matter is also spoken of as something which relates to the metaphysical, as well as physical, world.

A common object of affection makes the most common ground of interest and harmony between man and man. People differ more in their opinions and tastes and habits than in their loves.