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Putting on record insights into the practice of Christian Science.

MAGNA CHARTA

Justice is not contingent on human laws, humanly administered, which because they are human can be set aside or misinterpreted. It is an attribute of the divine Mind.

THE DEMOCRATIC SPIRIT

How well this person expresses himself, how convincingly, is remarked every day of some writer or speaker. Why his skill, facility, success? There are various reasons, of course.

MRS. EDDY'S PLACE

The position of The Mother Church as to Mary Baker Eddy's place in the fulfillment of Bible prophecy is clearly set forth in the following paragraphs. These conclusions are not new; they are confirmed by our Leader's writings, and the steadily unfolding fruitage of Christian Science bears witness to their truth.

WHAT WE ARE LEARNING

To be taught does not necessarily mean to learn. "Give instruction to a wise man," we read in Proverbs, "and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

FOUNDATION STONES

Ah , to build, to build! That is the noblest of all the arts. — Longfellow Each of us is a builder.

CASTING ASIDE THE GARMENT OF HEAVINESS

MANY a genius has searched for perpetual motion quite unmindful that he already possesses it in the form of thought. He can direct his thinking, happily enough, but he cannot for an instant stop it, because spiritual thinking is living, and Life knows neither start nor finish.

RULING THE UNRULY MEMBER

" The tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil," said James. Mortals know this, but do little or nothing about it.

UNIVERSAL FELLOWSHIP

The separation of the ideal and the practical finds no endorsement in the teachings of Christ Jesus. He demanded of others, and put into effect himself, that which he preached, and this was the most exalted idealism.

THE GATHERING OF THE NATIONS

In these days of widespread doubt and anxiety it is reassuring to remember that heretofore nations have gone through rigorous tests and trials, and have survived. They have more than survived.

THE WHOLE PLAN

The statement, "And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good," is the acceptance of perfection not for a part but for the whole. Here is set forth one standard, one workmanship.