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THERE are many ways of praying, all of which help us to live truly Christian lives. Among these are the prayer of affirmation, the prayer of petition; and there are others.

HAS life worked out the way that we thought it would? Have we found the love, security, and happiness that we sought? Have we been able to discover our talents and develop our abilities in a manner that has brought us inner satisfaction? If we are not pleased with the picture of our lives, there is no need to give way to discouragement. We must not forget or abandon the ambitions we once cherished.

NO matter how long we may imagine we are suffering from the distress of an unpleasant dream, it ceases instantly with our awakening from that dream. If we took the time, immediately upon awakening, to dwell on the fancied experience, we might well wonder how we could have been deceived by anything so unreal.

IF one has ever read by candlelight, he is keenly aware of the greater illumination, the constancy, and the power of more advanced systems of lighting, and he is grateful for them! Studying the Bible in a Christianly scientific light proves a daily adventure of discovery for the student of Christian Science. Like a powerful searchlight, Science and Health by Mrs.

GOOD is all that is predictable. Since God, who is infinite good, is both omniactive and omnipresent, evil has no opportunity to assert itself in any manner at any time.

ALTHOUGH Jesus commanded his follower to preach the gospel, Christianity is initially a subjective dispensation. Its fundamental purpose is to furnish the individual with the means of deliverance from evil and of compassing the kingdom of heaven here and now.

IN Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy writes ( p.

ON a winter day after a severe freeze, the writer viewed from her office window the breaking up of the masses of ice in a nearby river and watched the ice floes as they floated down the stream. This scene seemed to her to symbolize the churning turmoil occasioned by the breaking up of fixed mortal beliefs, freezing fears, stubborn opinions, and the tyrannical institutions of the carnal mind, the antichrist, so evident throughout the world today.

A MAN went to a Wednesday evening testimony meeting in a small Christian Science church. There were only a handful of people present; and so when the time for testimonies arrived, the man was surprised to hear the First Reader say that all testimonies would be limited to three minutes.

SOLD at the age of seventeen by his envious brothers, Joseph was taken by the traders into Egypt and sold by them to Potiphar, captain of the royal Egyptian guard (see Gen. 37:36; 39:1).