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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.

An inward conviction that freedom is definitely linked with righteousness and its primal quality love, and is unattainable without them, led the writer to consult the Bible and "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy on this subject. Today freedom is again being challenged, and it is good to make sure that our ideas on this tremendous issue are sound and clear and include a genuine conviction of its spiritual quality.

Peter glimpsed but faintly the true idea of Love when he asked Jesus ( Matt. 18:21 ), "Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?" The Master's reply made it clear that Peter, placing a limit on forgiveness, did not fully understand the infinite all of Love.