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It is hard to accept the fact that at the awful moment of the crucifixion those select few whom Jesus called apostles were not all at hand to support their Master. Yet the Bible records that one, the beloved disciple, was beside the cross.

During the Christmas holiday season many may look forward with some misgiving to accepting invitations to parties and other gatherings. At this season a Christian Scientist was invited to a party by the firm with which he was employed.

To be well educated is a right of every Christian Scientist. As each one progresses in his understanding of Christian Science, he learns that he never needs to accept the argument of lack of funds or of time, of ability or of interest.

In the first chapter of Science and Health , Mrs. Eddy gives the spiritual sense of the one brief prayer Jesus left to his followers.

If humanity today would accept and practice the simple but profound instruction of the Master, Christ Jesus, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you," Matt. 6:33; human experience would be vastly improved.

"We travel to arrive"! These challenging words are from a poem "Perspective" by Godfrey John which appeared in The Christian Science Monitor some years ago. They spell unswerving purpose and a goal never out of sight.

The post of sentinel is given to those appointed in all armed services in wartime as a duty to be carried out without hindrance or failure. The sentinel must be thoroughly alert to challenge every effort of an intruder to find entrance into the camp through subtlety or force.

Throughout history human progress has been the outcome of mankind's glimpsing of the truth set forth in the Bible: "God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. " Gen.

Christmas! Shouldn't that one word fill our hearts with joyous anticipation and deep gratitude? The Christmas season is an opportunity to commemorate the effectiveness of the ever-present Christ, the true, spiritual idea of God. To the individual who understands this it brings an expectancy of unfolding good.

Mrs. Eddy thus describes the transforming power of gratitude: "What is gratitude but a powerful camera obscura , a thing focusing light where love, memory, and all within the human heart is present to manifest light.