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In the Bible is the familiar account of Moses' appearance before Pharaoh and of Moses' demand that the children of Israel be released from the slavery to which they had been subjected for many years. Moses had been reluctant to undertake this mission but had been divinely shown that he must do it and that he could do it.

Mortals are educated to believe that their happiness and enjoyment of life are, in a large measure, dependent on the five physical senses. The faculty of hearing, for instance, is considered necessary in order that mortals may more easily conduct their daily affairs, quickly communicate with their friends, and be aware of essential sounds.

The Psalmist said ( Ps. 119:165 ), "Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

Christ Jesus loved little children. He perceived their ability to grasp and to use spiritual truth, for he said ( Mark 10: 14 ), "Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

In his most famous oration, Patrick Henry, the noted American patriot, spoke lines which have echoed through history, but it is not always remembered that he asked, near the end of this often quoted address: "What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have?" Perhaps no more stirring query could be directed today to the individual seriously in need of awakening himself to a challenge regarding his purpose in life, his true desires, motives, aims, and the extent of his earnest effort for their fulfillment. Paul epitomized his noble Christian aims for himself and for his fellow men when he wrote to the Philippians ( 3:13, 14 ), "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

WHEN Mary Baker Eddy was working out the form of the services for her church, one of the problems before her was that of finding hymns which were in accord with the new teaching. It is not surprising that the wordings of many familiar hymns which she wished to use were not consistent with the teaching of Christian Science.

" CHRIST is the path, and Christ the prize," reads a line in a much-loved hymn in the Christian Science Hymnal ( No. 59 ).

THE most important instructions ever given to mankind are those contained in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5—7).

IN the Glossary of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy gives the spiritual definition of "zeal" as, "The reflected animation of Life, Truth, and Love" ( p. 599 ).

" BELOVED , now are we the sons of God" ( I John 3:2 ). What an arresting statement this is! What power and freedom are ours when we accept and realize the truth contained therein! Christian Science has come to this age to reveal the nature of God and of man, made in His image and likeness.