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An artist's pen or brush conveys impressions by a few skillful strokes. Sometimes the focal point of a drawing is what the subject holds in his hand and the way he looks at it.

Safety is absolutely and conclusively a mental state. It is not dependent upon reflexes, complexes, or human opinions.

Many people speak of being unhappy when they are alone, that is, without human companionship, even temporarily. Some are fearful at these times; others, accustomed to being more or less dependent upon some person or persons, find themselves tempted to be sad or at least less cheerful than usual.

Fifty years ago Mary Baker Eddy founded a daily newspaper which she named The Christian Science Monitor for a reason unprecedented in the history of journalism. Writing of her names for all the Christian Science periodicals, she says in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" ( p.

" AS he thinketh in his heart, so is he" was the observation made of a man in Proverbs ( 23:7 ). For generations, men have pondered it with varying degrees of understanding.

Every individual who has in him an element of true greatness is to some extent humble. The musician listens for the music he writes; the inventor opens his thought to the discovery of existing wonders; and the mathematician follows the principle of mathematics, recognizing that his mathematical ability depends upon his adherence to this principle.

The man of God's creating is eternally and entirely perfect. He is so at one with the source of all good that he is inseparable from it.

The answer to the Psalmist's question ( Ps. 8:4 ), "What is man, that thou art mindful of him?" is found by asking another question, What must be the nature of the man God knows? Since God, Spirit, cannot know a material man, the real man is not material; he is spiritual.

Human thought has so accustomed itself to the limitations of time that the contemplation of eternity is an awesome experience. Even when one is ready to affirm that good will never end, it may still be difficult to comprehend the fact that it never began.

The Apostle Paul exhorts us, "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling" ( Phil. 2:12 ) In view of this demand, some may think that they must not seek help from others but, instead, should do their own healing work.