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It is significant that not only the children of Israel but also some of the greatest figures in the Bible passed through the wilderness. The Israelites wandered there for many years, sometimes looking back ineffectually to the persecutions and bondage of Egypt as being preferable to the acute problems of finding food and water where there appeared to be none.

Whatever belongs to God's kingdom is universal and unlimited, for what God creates is for the benefit of His entire universe. His creation is for the benefit not only of those individuals who know and understand Him, but also of those who do not know Him, and even of those who claim He is nonexistent.

Mrs. Eddy wrote a poem entitled "Mother's New Year Gift to the Little Children" and one entitled "To the Big Children.

How few of us know "what we most need"! It is generally believed that we need material possessions more than anything else. For example, a young man said to me some years ago, "I shall never be happy until I have a lot of money.

" If there were just more hours in the day!" This is a remark frequently heard. The fast tempo of modern life makes constant demands on people for more rapid decisions, for increased output, for making the most of available moments.

A Prophet of Bible times was often called a "man of God. " He lived in such close relationship with God as to commune with Him consciously, to hear His directing voice, and to communicate to the people the very Word of God.

The dominant hope in world thought today is for salvation—deliverance from the evils that threaten to engulf mankind. The present world problems growing out of fear, hate, suspicion, unbridled ambition, and the like, are simply the numerical magnification of the same problems inherent in every mortal.

" Each individual must fill his own niche in time and eternity. " This challenging statement is made by Mrs.

The words "discipline" and "disciple" are similar in origin and are allied in meaning. A "disciple" is "one who receives instruction from another," and "discipline" is "training or experience that corrects, molds, strengthens, or perfects.

The advent of Christian Science has largely revolutionized the general concept of prayer. Instead of prayer's being regarded merely as a form of petition to a God whose beneficence is variable and uncertain, Christian Science gives us an assured sense that prayer is the grateful acknowledgment that an infinitely good God is always pouring blessings upon His idea, man.