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On the cover of the Christian Science Sentinel facing the list of titles is a drawing of a woman with a lamp. The pedestal on which she stands is inscribed with the following words from the poem "Santa Filomena" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: A Lady with a Lamp shall stand In the great history of the land, A noble type of good, Heroic womanhood.

Christ Jesus said to his disciples ( Matt. 16:24 ), "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Many people as years pass go through a period of great stress and strain when incidents and mistakes in the past come vividly and forcibly to thought. In some instances, these memories point the accusing finger of mockery and scorn at the sufferer, and the experience amounts to a form of mental torture.

When the congregation is small at a Wednesday testimony meeting in a Church of Christ, Scientist, one is sometimes tempted to think, "If only our attendance were larger!" The implication is that the presence of more people would result in more testimonies. But is this truly the solution? The Bible says of the Christ ( Matt.

" The prominent laws which forward birth in the divine order of Science, are these: 'Thou shalt have no other gods before me;' 'Love thy neighbor as thyself,'" writes Mary Baker Eddy, under the title of "The New Birth" ( Miscellaneous Writings, p. 18 ).

The master Christian, Christ Jesus, said to his followers ( Matt. 11:28, 30 ): "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

As far back as the Scriptures record, men and women have sought spiritual light, and in proportion as human thought has been receptive, an enlightened concept of God and of His spiritual creation has unfolded to mankind. Spiritual light—divine intelligence—awakening mankind pushes on the ages to the investigation and comprehension of fundamental facts and inspires the world to seek ever-increasing spiritual development and power.

The writer once took a college course entitled "Types of Rebel Thought. " Christ Jesus was prominent among those discussed.

Christian Science affirms with Biblical authority that God, good, is All-in-all. From this premise it is logical to conclude that God is the infinite, divine Principle, Love, the one omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient Mind.

The free world is being pressed by circumstances to reorient some of its processes and aims of education. The accent is on the physical sciences, on technological knowledge, on invention and discovery, that relate to a more complete dominion over material environment.