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Mary Baker Eddy, the revered Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, never lost sight of the universal purpose of her God-appointed mission. It was for all mankind that she labored.

MANY years ago a proud Pharisee was journeying toward the ancient city of Damascus with authority from the high priest to bind and bring to Jerusalem for persecution and death all those he could find of the followers of the Master, Christ Jesus. It is related that suddenly a great light appeared and he fell to the ground and heard the voice of the Christ, Truth.

IN the fourth chapter of Matthew's Gospel we are informed that Christ Jesus was led into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. The temptations came to him in different forms, but fundamentally they were one temptation—a temptation to believe in other minds, other gods, other powers than the one omnipotent Mind, which is God.

ALL human discord stems from the belief that there are two opposite powers, good and evil. But Christian Science teaches that God, good, is All-in-all, while all that claims to be evil is but ignorance of this divine fact.

WHAT are the nature and the purpose of creation? How did the universe originate? Such questions have bewildered the. world's thinkers throughout the ages, and they still remain unanswered for many today.

A CHALLENGING promise of steady spiritual progress is held out to faithful students of Christian Science in the writings of the Discoverer and Founder of this religion, Mary Baker Eddy, wherein the spiritual fact is made plain that there are no declining years, nor even stationary ones, but only growth for those who live up to the demands of this Science. Mrs.

IN character, in manners, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity," wrote Longfellow. But how is one to retain this quality amid the increasing complexity of existence? Simplified living is gained as one finds the true sense of what constitutes the universe, including man, and its relation to God and forsakes the entanglements resulting from false concepts of God and His creation.

IN our contacts with others, circumstances sometimes arise which seem to create strife and misunderstanding, even with those whom we consider our close friends. But it is gratifying to realize that no matter to what proportions a rift may appear to have developed, a simple and effective remedy is always available in Christian Science.

THE most important education mortals can acquire is not knowledge gained about the material universe and material man, but the understanding of what constitutes reality, the understanding of that which is eternal and enduring. While the desire to prepare oneself to be useful and efficient in human experience is commendable and the importance of that training should not be underrated, it does not solve the problem of spiritual advancement.

ARE we thinking about growing old? Do we believe that we are older today than we were yesterday, or last week, or last year? Then we are entertaining an illusion, and the understanding of man as Christian Science reveals him will destroy that illusion and bring into present human experience an ever-increasing awareness of loveliness, freshness, and continuity of life. In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy are these thought-provoking words ( p.