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As the Bethlehem babe was born in humble surroundings in the silence of a starlit night, so the dawn of a spiritual idea appears meekly and quietly in the thought of the watcher and listener. It is felt as a gentle presence, bringing peace.

The Marshall Space Flight Center received this query from a young correspondent: "What would happen if you shot your rockets at an angel?" These are a child's words, but they touch a live issue. Many adults ask themselves, Does modern technology mean we have outgrown spiritual values? No one in all history has lived more effectively than did Christ Jesus.

In "Miscellaneous Writings," Mrs. Eddy says ( p.

What mother has not been importuned by her little ones who want to know when Christmas is coming? From the very young this query may well occur shortly before Christmas, right after it, or, indeed, at almost any time during the year. We may be tempted to dismiss lightly such inquiries as mere childish remembrance of the human delights of gifts, food, family, friends, and other special enjoyments peculiar to the season.

To understand our sonship with God and what we have to do to claim it is of great importance. To be heirs to an estate does us no good if we do not claim our heritage; nor does it do us any good to have a father's guidance and a mother's love if we repudiate and spurn them.

BEARING false witness is shown in the Bible to have been as devastatingly effective as it was completely unfair, a fact which shows the necessity of such an imperative rule as that ordained by Moses in the commandment, "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour" ( Ex. 20:16 ).

MARK records that Christ Jesus said ( 16:17 ), "These signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues. " Mrs.

A MATERIAL structure, regardless of how strongly it is built, is only a superficial type of protection. It is not a basis for true security.

" YE are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness" ( I Thess. 5:5 ).

" IT is no more Christianly scientific to see disease than it is to experience it," Mrs. Eddy says in Science and Health ( p.