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In early summer whenever the writer sets out into the woods to look for wild blackberries, she is always reminded of the similarity of this experience to the one of seeking and finding the truths concerning God and man, as revealed by Christian Science, and of the harvesting of its many blessings. When seeking the sweetly flavored berries, one sets out with great expectancy, looking on each side of the road and picking here and there.

WHILE seeking divine guidance to solve a problem, a student of Christian Science was led to this question in "An Allegory" by Mary Baker Eddy ( Miscellaneous Writings, p. 327 ) : "Wilt thou climb the mountain, and take nothing of thine own with thee?" The words stood out with startling clearness, and for days the question seemed to repeat itself.

THE spontaneous affection which beginning students of Christian Science generally feel for the Church of Christ, Scientist—The Mother Church and its branches—does not diminish, but is strengthened and becomes still more firmly grounded as they advance in understanding and experience. It assumes more and more the character of joyful, yet matter-of-fact, appreciation of this Church as a superbly wrought instrument for the enlightenment and redemption of mankind.

In the summer of 1948 the Olympic Games brought together young men and women from many countries in friendly rivalry. Beautiful pictures were published of youthful runners bearing the flaming torch across Europe to its destination, one torch lighting the next one till the long race reached its dramatic close.

True self-control results from the knowledge and understanding of man's status as the reflection, image, and likeness of God, Spirit. To attain this understanding it is necessary to know what God is.

" Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filieth the hungry soul with goodness" ( Ps. 107:8,9 ).

The thought of home is dear to everyone. To the human mind it symbolizes comfort and security, a place where one is loved and sheltered, where one may center his affections, and from which he may reach out to help the community and the world.

In "Rudimental Divine Science" Mary Baker Eddy, our Leader, states an important requirement for healing in the following words ( p. 9 ): "To heal, in Christian Science, is to base your practice on immortal Mind, the divine Principle of man's being; and this requires a preparation of the heart and an answer of the lips from the Lord.

Christian Science reveals the allness, the wholeness, and the reality of Life, God, and man's true being in God as His reflection, or manifestation. As the coming of dawn dispels the shades of night, so the recognition of man's spiritual identity discloses the utter falsity and nothingness of the belief of a mortal life with its sordid record of sin, sickness, discord, and death.

In the eternal now man is the son of God, the perfect image and likeness of his perfect creator, reflecting the glorious purity and satisfaction of his perfect Principle. How gratifying it is to know that the real man, and there is no other, goes through no process of suffering or struggle to rise to this perfect state, since he already includes it in his rich inheritance as the son of God.