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The great multitude of impotent folk which lay around the pool of Bethesda in the time of Jesus looked to material forces outside themselves to cure their afflictions. We read in the fifth chapter of John's Gospel that the pool was disturbed at a certain season, and the people believed that the first then to step into the water would "be made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

Having finished the early morning study of the Lesson-Sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly, a mother sat with her head bowed in silent prayer. Her little son, quite accustomed to this practice in the home, touched her lovingly, and looking up into her face with a beaming smile said, "Thank God for everything, Mommy.

No doubt one of the most perplexing problems confronting an individual when the spiritual light of the Christ dawns upon him is how to make absolute truth practical. When this awakening comes, however, the honest seeker will not be deterred in his search for Christ, Truth, for he will realize that the solution of any problem depends upon an understanding of the principles governing the solution.

In the first chapter of Genesis, which records the account of the Science of creation, we find the inspiring statement ( verse 26 ), "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion .

Christian Science reveals that salvation is individually attained. None can obtain it through the efforts of another or others.

The English poet Thomas Parnell wrote thus of a certain noble man: With God he passed the days; Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise. What a terrific impact there would be upon world commerce and trade if prayer were made the basis of all business.

The goodness of God's creation is not a debatable or uncertain condition. It is the unavoidable, inevitable environment in which man finds himself.

During the year we hear an announcement read from the desk of every Church of Christ, Scientist, that application may be made for church membership. This is a joyful, eagerly-awaited message for those who have been conscientiously preparing themselves for closer affiliation with the Christian Science movement.

The prophet Haggai, while listed among the so-called minor prophets, nevertheless established himself as of distinctly major importance to his nation. The Old Testament gives us little more than a brief summary of the counsel with which he stirred the people to a concept of their religious and political responsibilities, but the two chapters comprising the book of Haggai contain advice which might with profit be heeded in this latter day.

If someone were to ask us where he could get some honesty, where would we send him? Certainly we should show him that honesty is not a commodity to be purchased or acquired from without. It is a mental possession and must be found within consciousness.