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Every religious belief must be based on a conception of God. The Bible reveals men's altering conception of the nature of Deity and their relationship to Him.

THE Bible story of Hagar and her little son Ishmael is probably the first record of displaced persons. This mother and her son, who were cast out, evicted from their home, and sent into the lonely and desolate wilderness of Beer-sheba, wandered there until their supply of water gave out.

WHEN the problems of human existence—discordant relationships, food shortages, sin, disease, or death—seem difficult of solution, we may profitably consider the success achieved in their solution by those great Bible characters, Joseph and Christ Jesus. Joseph's ability to provide for a nation in time of famine followed his overcoming of the temptations to sin and to cherish resentment and revenge toward his enemies.

SINCE the word "sensitive" is closely related to the word "sense," it too can be considered as having two aspects, the false or corporeal sensitiveness and the true or spiritual sensitiveness. An illustration of these two kinds of sensitiveness is given in the Gospel of Luke, where he tells of the band of men who came to arrest Jesus.

TODAY the general presence of monetary inflation is causing concern to many persons. A serious problem is presented whenever the money of a country is depressed in value so as to make it difficult for its people to purchase the necessities of human life.

" THERE is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death" ( Rom.

THE dignity which remains loving in the face of the world's hatred and misunderstanding, peaceful amid turbulent trials, orderly when confusion would hold sway, and happy and free in the midst of sorrow, is that dignity of Soul which characterized the life and conversation of our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy. The student of Christian Science who understands the true nature of this quality cultivates and utilizes it in his daily life.

AT the beginning of one's experience in the study of Christian Science, the truths of God and His creation are not always quickly grasped. Almost immediately, however, the student has a solid conviction that he has found the truth.

TO trace the development of Church in human consciousness is to recognize the progressive unfoldment of the idea of Church in the thoughts of individuals. Certain early Biblical characters will serve to illustrate these definite states of thought.

A KITTEN seeing its reflection in a polished surface attempts to play with the advancing and retreating image. Observing these antics, one realizes that the kitten takes for objective reality its own playful reflection.