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ONE'S understanding of a given subject is proved by practical demonstration of its rules. One may read a motor manual and tell others how to drive a car; but until one has actually sat in a car and driven it along the highway, one has not proved one's understanding of automobile driving.

IT is frequently suggested to us in human experience that certain acts on our part will raise or lower our social or business status or that we shall present a better image if we conform to various customs. But what of our status and image as expressions of God, divine Principle? Christ Jesus, always aware of his true worth, denounced the false status-seeking of the scribes and Pharisees by warning his disciples against following their vain ways.

WHEN Christ Jesus and his twelve disciples were gathered in the large upper chamber to eat the Last Supper together, he talked tenderly to them of many things. "I will pray the Father," he promised them, "and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth"' ( John 14:16, 17 ).

THE importance of friendliness in every realm of human activity is widely recognized. Most business establishments and organizations impress upon their personnel the value of exerting some effort to make friends.

ONE of the important activities of the Church of Christ, Scientist, is the Wednesday testimony meeting, approximately one hour in length of time. Almost half that time is at the disposal of those who have benefited from the ministry of Christian Science.

WE read in the Bible that God gave man dominion over all the earth. What is this dominion? How and when can it be exercised? If these questions are to be answered, the right understanding of God is requisite.

IT is mandatory that each Christian Science church give at least one lecture annually. The Church Manual by Mrs.

AMONG the wedding gifts a young bride received was a handsome copy of the King James Version of the Bible. Beautiful linens and china and practical housewares and appliances had been showered on her.

“GOD has endowed man with inalienable rights, among which are self-goverment, reason, and conscience. Man is properly self-governed only when he is guided rightly and governed by his Maker, divine Truth and Love.

" EYE hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him," Paul wrote in his first letter to the Corinthians ( 2:9 ). The student of Christian Science has received the revelation that God is Spirit and that man, His likeness, is spiritual.