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Putting on record insights into the practice of Christian Science.

YOUTH AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO MANKIND

The world looks to youth for new contributions to the development of human culture in the sciences and in the arts. Mental doors are expected to open upon fresh vistas of life, talents are expected to appear in greater measure, liberated intelligence is expected to lead mankind into hitherto indistinct or unknown paths of knowledge.

"MAN'S ONLY REAL RELATIVE"

" GOD is our Father and our Mother, our Minister and the great Physician," declares Mrs. Eddy in "Miscellaneous Writings" ( p.

"MY BLOOD OF THE NEW TESTAMENT"

" AS they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; for this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins" ( Matt.

NO DESTRUCTIVE ACTION

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE makes startling statements, but anyone who accepts them and comprehends the truths they contain finds himself in sacred association with divine power. One such statement is that because God is the only creator—and "creator" implies creative or constructive action —there can be in reality no destructive action.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE: A PROPHETICAL RELIGION

Returning from the mount of transfiguration, the disciples asked Jesus why the scribes said that Elias must first come. He replied ( Matt.

THE PERFECTION OF REFLECTION

Discord in our lives is proportionate to our conscious or unconscious agreement with the claims of the erroneous senses. It is a consequence of ungodlike thinking.

THE NEED FOR WORK

The Annual Meeting of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, reminds its members of the need for diligent effort in order that the ideals of its Founder, Mary Baker Eddy, may be realized. The keynote to progress in any line of endeavor is work.

"THE MOST ACTIVE HUMAN FACULTY"

" Reason ," declares Mrs. Eddy ( Science and Health, p.

EVIL IS DECEPTION, NOT REALITY

Evil has to do with anything that impairs one's happiness or welfare or that deprives one of good. Disease is evil; so are the various influences that tend to disrupt and demoralize human life.

CHRISTIAN CULTURE

A People's culture clearly reflects its thinking. Where God and His Christ have been acknowledged and an effort has been made to train and refine human consciousness according to Christian standards, intellectual, moral, and spiritual vigor has characterized mankind.