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MANKIND'S dire need for a comforter was perhaps never so universally acknowledged as now in this atomic age. "To comfort" means "to impart strength and hope to" or "to relieve of mental distress.

AS we accept the teaching of Christian Science, we certainly learn that material appearances do not reveal the truth of what is happening around us. When Jesus became aware that his disciples were consistently seeing matter as real and seemed to misunderstand his purpose and meaning, he asked them a little sadly, "Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not?" ( Mark 8:18.

UP to the time that our great Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, discovered Christian Science, or the spiritual laws which emanate from God and which govern the universe and man, scientific truth was not regarded as related to divine law and power. It was thought to be associated not with Spirit but with matter and its so called laws.

REASON and intellect are the principal means by which the vast body of human learning has been built up, and their development and improvement are a very important function of education, especially at the universities. Without them, civilized society would lose a great part of its value and interest.

In the fourth chapter of II Kings we are given the account of a widow about to lose her two sons to a creditor who would take them as bondmen to satisfy a debt she was unable to meet. She appealed to Elisha, who asked, "What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house?" She replied that she had nothing save a pot of oil.

The nature of time and the measurement of time are twin problems which have fascinated great thinkers down the ages. In the Old Testament, for example, the Preacher poses a fatalistic hypothesis, "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven" ( Eccl.

One day a student of Christian Science had a physical difficulty. At an earlier date a dentist had told her she had a tooth that must be extracted at once.

Christian Science teaches that obedience is an established fact in the realm of Spirit. Mind and its idea are one.

" It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: to shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night" ( Ps. 92:1, 2 ).

The way to progress in Christian Science is to practice what we understand. From the moment we catch a glimpse of the value, even in the slightest degree, of the spiritual message of Christian Science, we see a method whereby we can heal the sick and enrich our own lives and extend this blessing to others.