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Did you ever see an automobile running uphill without the aid of a motor? No doubt you are laughing to yourself at this seemingly ridiculous question. Yet near the city of Moncton, in New Brunswick, Canada, one can apparently witness such a thing.

We are all familiar with the words from the beautiful and comforting twenty-third Psalm, "My cup runneth over," but we are often inclined to associate this running over with those times when our blessings seem unusually abundant. This attitude of thought stems from the erroneous belief that a kind but incomprehensibly whimsical deity fills our cup at times, but at other periods withholds benefits for some unknown disciplinary purpose, so that our cup is empty or merely half filled.

How to obtain and maintain health is a question frequently discussed today. Mary Baker Eddy sets forth vividly and lucidly in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," the complete revelation of divine Science, which in a simple yet satisfying way answers this universal question.

Gold and dross, wheat and tares, are contrasting pairs of terms used by Christian Scientists to illustrate the distinction between good and evil and particularly to show the necessity of separating them, that the gold and wheat may remain and the dross and tares be destroyed. On page 535 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" its author, Mary Baker Eddy, writes, "The seed of Truth and the seed of error, of belief and of understanding,—yea, the seed of Spirit and the seed of matter,— are the wheat and tares which time will separate, the one to be burned, the other to be garnered into heavenly places.

In the Gospel of Matthew (4:23) it is recorded that "Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. " Jesus never resorted to material medicines or methods for healing and made no concessions to persons or opinions.

" Invite all cordially and freely to this A banquet of Christian Science, this feast and flow of Soul. " Thus Mary Baker Eddy delightfully characterizes the Christian Science testimony meeting in a letter of instruction sent to The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Often in Wednesday testimony meetings held in Christian Science churches one hears expressions of gratitude for a severe testing time, and the individual who is young in the study of Christian Science may wonder why one would rejoice over affliction. But the older student knows that seemingly difficult experiences, rightly viewed, carry the reward of a growing spiritual understanding that ultimates in victory over the claims of matter.

Mary Baker Eddy's love for the Bible, her reliance on it as her only authority and her only textbook in revealing to mankind the Science of Christianity, is indeed an inspiration to all who take up the study of Christian Science. Throughout her writings, including her beautiful messages to The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, she uses numerous quotations from the Bible to enrich and strengthen her teachings.

Men everywhere are seeking and longing for peace. The world is torn and rent with disaster, with beliefs of lack, doubt, distrust, fear, uncertainty, hatred, dissension, and greed.

Mary Baker Eddy perceived that God, Love, is the Principle of all real being and that He works according to invariable law. Because His law is invariable we may apply Christian Science safely and successfully in every situation, whether it be one involving health, disturbed economic conditions, or some other difficulty.