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If we accept the basic proposition of Christian Science that, as Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, says in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 468 ), "All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all," then we can never believe that Mind and its manifestation, man, are without purpose.

MOST people have an earnest desire to act and to feel poised and confident. To mankind, however, confidence is generally something which is obtained only after years of experience and education.

TO many individuals certain seasons of the year give them a happier feeling than do others. A season, perhaps fall or winter, may remind them of the passing of time, of darkness or decline.

ONE day when Christ Jesus was with his disciples in Caesarea Philippi, he asked them this penetrating question ( Matt. 16:15 ): "Whom say ye that I am?" Peter's answer, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God," showed the Master that he had not preached the gospel of the kingdom of heaven in vain.

IN the business world one often hears such expressions as, "I must work for a living," or, "If my business doesn't improve, I won't be able to make a living. " The fact that the words "business" and "living" are so closely associated in thought emphasizes the precarious state of one who believes that his livelihood is always at the mercy of fluctuating business trends.

EARLY Hebrew writers, in poetic figures of speech, likened the lion to many things, both good and bad. There is no doubt that these large, daring, and impressive animals roamed throughout ancient Palestine, causing the people more than a little concern in spite of their admiration for the beasts.

" TO live so as to keep human consciousness in constant relation with the divine, the spiritual, and the eternal, is to individualize infinite power. " Thus writes Mrs.

THE example which Christ Jesus, our Way-shower, gave and the promise which he gave that his followers should be able to follow that example have convinced Christians that their hope in the kingdom of God is heaven-born. That hope has often supplied strength to carry on against great odds.

WHAT a joy it is for individuals to learn in their study and application of Christian Science that the heavenly kingdom reigns within their true selfhood and that it can never be lost! They find that no matter what their circumstances are or how dark and doubtful their future may seem to be, their spiritual awakening to the facts of real being reveals to them the ever-present good at hand. Individuals experience restoration of their sense of good, health, and happiness as they come to realize in Christian Science the unreality of mortal existence and the ever-present reality of spiritual being.

EVERYONE has the divine right to be free from the drab routine and poverty of mortal existence. Regardless of human opinion to the contrary, man's life springs from God, Spirit, and not from matter.