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TWO Christian Scientists were one day talking of their religion when one of them referred to it as a "Protestant denomination. " Quickly the other replied, "You know, Christian Science really isn't just a 'Protestant denomination'; it is pure Protestantism of the highest order, for it protests against everything that is unlike God.

WHILE unselfish and sincere people everywhere are earnestly striving to eradicate discord in the human family as a whole, it is significant that relationships among near or close relatives often seem to present the most difficult problems of all. Christian Science teaches that all mortal discord stems from the false premise that man's origin is in matter rather than in Spirit, God.

JOY is not superficial effervescence. To be real, joy must have a sure foundation.

UNLESS its results were humanly seen and felt, Christian Science would have no value for mankind. In this respect it meets with all truly religious and humanitarian movements on common ground.

LOYALTY , which derives from the Latin root word lex , or law, has as one meaning that of being allegiant or faithful to recognized authority, whereas obedience means willingness to obey or submit to authority. Divine authority is inflexible law, and obedience to such authority determines true loyalty, for there cannot be complete loyalty without obedience.

WHEN the world awakens to the fact that the true idea of God is essential to the true idea of man, it will have found the key to lasting peace and perfect health. The prophet Jeremiah envisioned this day ( Jer.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE teaches that human experience is simply the outward manifestation of human consciousness. To be aware of anything outside of consciousness would be impossible.

THE animus of the singing in Churches of Christ, Scientist, is adoration of the one God. It is the lifting up of thought to the Father in praise and thanksgiving.

IN the Old Testament it is recorded that devout men believed that they sometimes saw God's presence as light enveloped in a cloud, which they called the Shekinah. This symbol is referred to in the Bible as "a light.

DEDICATION of an individual or a church to God's service implies an unequivocal declaration of allegiance to God and an unremitting effort to maintain that loyalty. Turning to the Bible and our Leader's writings for further light on this subject and studying them with the help of dictionaries and concordances, we find the word "dedicate" closely allied to "devote" and "consecrate.