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IN "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy we read ( pp. 331, 332 ): "Life, Truth, and Love constitute the triune Person called God,—that is, the triply divine Principle, Love.

KNOWING the birthright which is forever ours as God's reflection, Paul writes ( Rom. 8:16,17 ), "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ.

JESUS' Sermon on the Mount may well be called a discourse on blessedness, for from the opening promises of the Beatitudes to the closing story of the house built upon the sand it shows us clearly how through conforming to the law of God we may prove our unity with Him. This law of God which demands our obedience is summarized in the Master's two great commandments: to love God with all our heart and soul and mind, and to live this love in our contacts with our fellow men and women.

OUR beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, writes in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 267 ): "God is one.

OBSERVANCE of the Sabbath day is recognized in every Christian nation and community. Even those who do not make a practice of attending church services often admit that the Sabbath day is a needed day of rest.

SPEAKING of his own ministering acts, Christ Jesus said ( John 13:17 ), "If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. " The word happy used here comes from a Greek root meaning "supremely blest.

THE only begotten Son, the beloved of the Father, is the eternal Christ, which was before Abraham, and which has become better understood as the ideal man through the ministry of Jesus. He ushered in the Christian era by living according to the Christ-principle himself and by teaching others so to live.

TOWARD universal peace and harmony more and more significant progress can be made by careful definition of the terms we use and by strict adherence to the meaning assigned to them. Ever since the building of the tower of Babel was frustrated by the sudden division of men into groups speaking different languages (see Genesis 11), mankind has seemed to face that same frustration in the degree that it has failed to learn the lesson that accurate speech, accurately understood, is essential for unity and achievement.

A traveler who was about to depart from Geneva, Switzerland, at a very early hour before sunrise stepped out on the balcony of his hotel room in the hope of obtaining a last glimpse of Mont Blanc. As he did so, his consciousness and vision were filled with the beauty of the luminous morning star.

PAUL is a big boy now, but he had two experiences when he was very small that have always been a great help to him, and you will see why he never forgot them. The first took place just after he had started to attend the Christian Science Sunday School.