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The truths gleaned from the Bible and from the writings of Mary Baker Eddy help us in storm and calm, in defeat and victory, in moments of doubt and darkness, and in days of assurance and sunlight. They must be ever active in our consciousness if we would safeguard our mental homes from the encroaching suggestions of mortal mind.

Christianity , as originally taught and demonstrated by Jesus, has been designated by Mary Baker Eddy as the religion of Love. In her writings she explains the nature of pure love and shows that Jesus' teachings on this subject referred to no sentimentalism or worldly affections, nor were they merely a pleasant philosophy or a formulated creed.

Our great Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, constantly listened for the still small voice of Truth, and when this voice told her to establish Christian Science lectures, she recognized the message as emanating from God, infinite Mind. Whatever emanates from Mind has a spiritual origin; it is clothed with inspiration and power and operates under Mind's directing.

From the moment one begins the study of Christian Science it is his privilege to prove the truths taught in the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. That our Leader was divinely inspired in her discovery of Christian Science cannot be doubted by anyone who has proved in his own experience the truth of a single proposition of this scientific religion.

Man , as the reflection of omniactive Spirit, eternally expresses fruitful activity. We read in the first chapter of Genesis, in the true record of creation, that God made man in His own image and likeness and that "God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it.

A Gardener at work with her rake unknowingly encroached upon a blue jay's cache—a walnut buried among the leaves. Like a flash the owner of the treasure was on hand to claim and defend his possession by swift darts and sallies and outraged squawkings.

Wilderness is a thought-provoking word, filled with unhappy connotations for the human heart. It brings to mind landscapes of unending desolation, barren, unproductive, and buffeted by fitful winds.

Have you a problem which seems reluctant to yield to Christian Science treatment? Have you seen fellow students struggling with tenacious error and needing intelligent encouragement? Then think back to the disciples who were unsuccessful in healing the lunatic boy, as recorded in the seventeenth chapter of Matthew's Gospel. To them Jesus gave a most heartening and encouraging lesson in faith.

The word spontaneity has a ring of joyous freedom—unlabored, effortless, and unrestricted. True spontaneity springs from the heart, like the spontaneity of a smile.

Throughout the ages men have engaged in garnering and dispensing the fragrance of flowers and spices. Householders have treasured their rose jars, filled with the spicy essence of sweet petals, and perfumers have built up a world-wide business in fragrances of all types.