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There are two questions which deserve primal consideration. The individual alone can answer them aright.

A Christian Scientist had long enjoyed an almost uniform sense of good health, which he attributed to his understanding, gained through Christian Science, of God as the only Life, and which he took very much for granted; but the time came when he found it necessary to establish his sense of health on the sure foundation of Christianly scientific demonstration. The aggressive mental suggestions poured into thought: Your health has been undermined, you have lost your health, you may not recover, and so on.

I have been blessed by reading the experiences of others who have testified in the  Journal  and in the  Christian Science Sentinel . This expression of gratitude is given with the hope that it will bless others as I have been blessed.

There is perhaps no quality more attractive than joy. We are all drawn to a smiling face, a sunny disposition, a radiant outlook on life.

The Christian Scientist who finds himself an inductee in the armed forces has the spiritual means with which he may solve any problem trying to complicate his experience. There will be many opportunities for him to use and apply the truths of Christian Science and prove himself a Christian soldier.

The decisions we make today will in a large measure determine our peace, health, happiness, and prosperity tomorrow. To obtain the highest good individually and collectively, our decisions must be right, based upon divine Principle.

Occasionally we hear someone say, "Oh, if I could only start all over again, with everything new and fresh, I should live my life in a very different way. " Usually such a remark is made with the conviction that it is impossible to do this.

As free as a bird is an expression usually employed to designate a carefree, untroubled, joyous mood and is associated with song, gratitude, harmony, and buoyant, zest-filled activity. This most nearly describes the freedom emanating from and to be found in all the manifestations of God.

In churches and over the air in daily broadcast services throughout the breadth of England and the British Empire go up simple prayers for the protection and guidance of the royal family and those handling the affairs of state of this great nation and its offspring peoples. To a non-Britisher this may seem like vain repetition or even a kind of hero worship, a personal devotion perhaps that in modern times seems to smack a bit of overtraditionalism.

One of America's greatest statesmen, Charles Sumner, was an uncompromising foe of human slavery, and his work in Congress had much to do with the ultimate banishment of this practice from our land. Of him, John Greenleaf Whittier wrote: One language held his heart and lip, Straight onward to his goal he trod, And proved the highest statesmanship Obedience to the voice of God.