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Students of Christian Science may profitably ask themselves how much they realize of the triune Godhead. This is an important question, for in the spiritual understanding of the Godhead lies the power to heal the sick and the sinning and to raise the dead, as did Christ Jesus.

One of the greatest sayings recorded in literature was uttered by a man who lived in a province under the authority of Rome at the beginning of the Christian era. In this country were many religious sects whose followers frequently clashed; persecution unto death because of a man's religious convictions was not an uncommon occurrence.

A Short while ago one well qualified spoke to a sociology class of university students. In the question period which followed, a student asked seriously, "How do you know that there is a God?" to which the speaker replied: "I don't.

It must be interesting to have a business on this active corner," a student of Christian Science said to the attendant of a newspaper stand in a large city. "When the weather's good," was the reply.

A Student of Christian Science observing a man fighting off an attack of blackbirds was reminded how he used to be attacked by these birds. At first he had thought it sport to fight them off but soon the attacks became a nuisance.

Today many people who are contemplating marriage are asking themselves: How can I be sure that this is true love and not mere infatuation? How can I be sure it will be lasting? Is this love or only a counterfeit of the real thing? Let us ask ourselves: Can we truly love anyone without first of all seeing him as he is in true being, divine Love's perfect expression, therefore truly loving and wholly lovable? No, we cannot. Because this is true, genuine love is an unfoldment, not a sudden impulse or passing whim.

Nowadays we hear a great deal of such terms as "precision made," used to describe the mathematical accuracy of mechanical appliances and inventions in many fields. The production of such precision tools and instruments requires a knowledge and application of some of the higher laws of mathematics, which can be utilized by anyone having an understanding thereof.

In "Unity of Good" Mary Baker Eddy writes ( p. 13 ): "Science reverses the evidence of the senses in theology, on the same principle that it does in astronomy.

In the Glossary in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mary Baker Eddy gives the metaphysical interpretation of many words used in the Bible. Often this includes both a material and a spiritual meaning.

" The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders" ( Deut. 33:12 ).