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SOONER or later in Christian Science we come face to face with a soul-searching choice: that of obeying a spiritual command or submitting to a material demand. And usually a material demand is accompanied by a threat of loss or harm if we do not comply with it.

IT is all too often claimed that conflict and misunderstanding between young people and their elders are inevitable. The fifth commandment, "Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee" ( Ex.

IN various fields of human endeavor mankind have made great progress. Especially is this so at the present time when a large number of individuals are recognizing their ability to rise above the limits of earthbound conceptions and time-honored but restrictive beliefs are being forsaken.

THROUGHOUT our human sense of existence the consideration of motives is extremely important. Motives seem to influence our lives all the way from the solving of our early school problems to the finding of proper activity in retirement.

A HALFHEARTED prayer will never take us farther than halfway into the consciousness of God's benevolent, healing presence. If we would arrive at the very throne of God, if, in other words, we would reach the spiritual altitude where divine Love is truly enthroned as supreme in our affections, our prayers must be wholehearted.

WHEN Mrs. Eddy gave to the world the revelation that God is the Mind of man and the universe and that this Mind is supreme over matter, a tremendous force of enlightened understanding was liberated into world thought.

" WHEN men are cast down," said Eliphaz in the book of Job ( 22: 29 ), "then thou shalt say, There is lifting up. " Thus Christian Science speaks to the lonely and depressed heart.

IT is natural and right to want to be successful. But what constitutes success? Almost from childhood mortal thought would educate men to apply the accepted human yardsticks to success—money, position, popularity, power, influence, an abundance of material blessings.

" EVERYONE has a right to enjoy life and to be free from sin, sickness, poverty, and strife. Such freedom is attainable only through regeneration.

" GLORIFY God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's" ( I Cor. 6:20 ).