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AT one time, when a loved one passed on, a young Christian Scientist was lifted instantaneously to a realization of Life eternal and intact, and her thought was exalted and at peace. A few days later, however, mesmeric suggestions of false sympathy brought a flood of self-pitying tears and the anguish of separation.

IN this day of multiplied forces and magnified fears, it is healing and comforting to refer to the great basic law of all real existence and its control as set forth in the Holy Scriptures. Christ Jesus referred to basic law in these terms ( Mark 12:29-31 ): "Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

THE Easter season points specifically to the climax of a life of humility, nobility, service, and grandeur—the life of Christ Jesus. No life such as his has this world witnessed before or since.

The imposing magnificence of a mountain range close to the writer's home evokes from her a daily prayer of gratitude for the privilege of living in the shadow of these peaks, particularly when she remembers the words of Mary Baker Eddy in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 511 ), "Spiritually interpreted, rocks and mountains stand for solid and grand ideas.

The angels Michael and Gabriel play a significant part in the Holy Scriptures. In Revelation we read ( Rev.

" What mortals hear, see, feel, taste, smell, constitutes their present earth and heaven: but we must grow out of even this pleasing thraldom, and find wings to reach the glory of supersensible Life; then we shall soar above, as the bird in the clear ether of the blue temporal sky. " So states Mary Baker Eddy in "Miscellaneous Writings" ( pp.

In the fourth chapter of his epistle to the A Philippians, the Apostle Paul recorded his thanks to them for a generous gift of money. He emphasized, however, that the importance of the gift was its symbol of their love for him.

Spiritual rebirth must have been close to the heart of the prophet Joel when, after rebuking the children of Israel for their disobedience, he spoke to them with tender feeling of the opportunity to redeem the inheritance which they seemed to have lost. After exhorting them to fresh effort by repentance and fasting, he said (2:21), "Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the Lord will do great things.

Because of the universal belief of mankind that good is material, everyone wants his fair share and has a deep-seated feeling that he is entitled to it. All too often, however, one outlines for himself the size of the share he wants and then is tempted to use every means to get it that he can devise and that his conscience will allow.

" Be still, and know that I am God," we read in verse 10 of Psalm 46. Through following this counsel, which leads to the joyous discovery of God's allness, we prove the concluding lines of the same verse, "I will be exalted in the earth.