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The writer who said, "Consistency is a paste jewel that only cheap men cherish," turned a neat counterphrase on a well-known saying, but he did so at the expense of a truism, a truism which has been expressed endlessly, but never more powerfully than in Paul's "Jesus Christ the same yesterday and to-day, and for ever" ( Hebr. 13:8 ).

Christ Jesus was unique. He was uniquely dedicated to the things of Spirit.

We were talking about Shakespeare's observation, quoted in the Christian Science textbook by Mrs. Eddy, that adversity yields precious lessons.

It doesn't seem just that Jesus should have spent a long, dark night of sorrow in the garden of Gethsemane—much less been crucified. His exemplary ministry of healing had so uplifted mankind with spirituality that it could not lead him downward to defeat.

Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to know Christ Jesus, and maybe even to walk with him from village to village throughout Judea? After witnessing such wonderful healing works and listening to the Master teach, surely you'd be filled with the kind of spiritual inspiration and knowledge that would make you a new person. What you learned could never be taken away.

Suppose you were trying to explain the coming of Christ to someone who knew little or nothing of Christianity. How would you begin to convey the significance of this timeless, saving Truth, which glowed so brightly in Jesus' life? Before you even began to describe the essence of Christ, you might make use of some imagery.

Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. As a reader of this magazine, you are most likely already familiar with this book.

I know a man who says he no longer watches the news on television. If he watches the nightly news, he cannot sleep.

Who's in control of your life? Does it seem that everyone has a say about what you can do, when you have time, how much money you have and how you can spend it? For many of us the answer to "Who's in control?" might be "My parents/wife/husband/ children. " Or "My boss/teacher/ scheduler/patients.

In First Peter, we read the instruction to "be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you.