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In a sermon delivered seventy-five years ago, Mrs. Eddy declared (Christian Healing, p.

Where is there an individual who is not desirous of finding peace? Nations pray for it; fight for it; men and women make great sacrifices in an effort to attain it and find only an approximation of it, for individuals and nations can attain perfect peace only by knowing what it is and whence it comes. Peace is not based upon human understanding or human reasoning, nor is it the result of human conditions or material circumstances.

For centuries men have tried to find a way to escape from the tyrannical triad of sin, sickness, and death. In this endeavor they have mainly relied on material devices and the human intellect.

A Wondrous picture—seen through the eyes of a mighty oriental king—is set forth in the Bible in the third chapter of Daniel. The king, Nebuchadnezzar, pagan and materialistic in his thinking, looked into a burning, fiery furnace, heated at his command seven times more than its usual heat, and saw through the flames the three Hebrews, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, whom he had ordered cast into the furnace.

The theory that Jesus will return to earth in person undoubtedly stems from a literal interpretation of several of his statements. Such a theory is in opposition to Jesus' own summary of his mission.

Many references to wilderness are to be found in the Bible. This word usually denotes a time of testing.

The burdens of the flesh—sickness, sin, and death—weigh heavily on mankind. Men and nations vainly strive to find release from these burdens through material ways and means, not yet having awakened to the grand verity that this release is not to be found in matter, but in the realization that man, the manifestation of Mind, expresses only harmony.

The "rereward" of the armies of ancient Bible times was assigned the same task as is the rearguard of modern warfare. It protected the army from dangerous rear attacks while it was pressing forward to victory.

Many people have had the experience of forgetting to alter their clocks when daylight saving time begins or ends or when they are traveling abroad and entering new time zones. They soon discover that something is wrong as they miss their appointments and their progress is slowed down.

On all sides one is constantly being reminded to use caution in order to have safety in the home, at business, and on the highway. This well-intentioned advice is based upon the belief that under certain conditions physical laws, or forces, operate to produce disability, disaster, and destruction.