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MANY people would say that the primary function of a university education is to develop the student's intellectual powers: to equip him with the ability to learn for himself, and to appraise intelligently whatever comes to his notice. Certainly this is more valuable and permanent than training for some profession, although that also has its proper place in a university.

ONE of the climactic points of the constantly increasing enmity of the Egyptians against the Hebrews in their midst was the edict issued by Pharaoh himself to the effect that every male child born among the Hebrews must be slain at birth. When this decree was evaded by the midwives who attended the Hebrew mothers, the king extended his cruel purpose, demanding that all his subjects see to it that every infant son of Israelite parents should be thrown into the river Nile.

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.