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The stir of peoples everywhere is proof that the Christ, God's perfect idea, is awakening the world to the great issues of Christ's province—the kingdom of heaven. Justice and freedom are being recognized widely as everyone's right.

" Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price" ( Isa. 55:1 ).

In a message to The Mother Church in 1906 Mary Baker Eddy referred to Christian Science as the higher criticism and said something of its action and fruitage. Later she answered a student's query regarding her statement, and her reply may be found in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany.

Many centuries ago a wise man observed ( Eccl. 2:11 ), "I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

Church has always been evidence of spiritual faith. The Israelites, even in their most trying times, often erected an altar to God.

The Apostle Paul told the Athenians ( Acts 17: 24, 25 ), "God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things. " Therein Paul not only imparted the fact of God's creation of all that is true, but showed the need of turning from a material form of worship to a more enlightened conception of worshiping the Father.

The writer once read an interesting article about the dwarf trees that gardeners sometimes produce. These little trees may be well over one hundred years old, but are still so small that they grow in containers a foot or less in diameter.

The human Jesus, the son of the Virgin-mother, is no longer with us; but the Christ, the spiritual idea, which Christ Jesus recognized and brought to light in his healing works, is never absent. In this age the Christ is becoming truly understood through the discovery by Mary Baker Eddy of the Science of Christ Jesus' healings and teachings.

As faithful followers of our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, students of Christian Science must apprehend fully the position of the Christian Science Sunday School as a power for good in the community. It is surely important for communities to be freed from juvenile delinquency, accidents, and disease.

Starting from the standpoint of God's allness and goodness as Christian Science reveals them, prayer is the joyous acknowledgment and appreciation of the spiritual nature and perfection of all true being. Such prayer allows for no wishful thinking, doubt, or fear.