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WHY should this happen to me? Why should I have to suffer so? Why should I have so much to meet? These and similar questions are often raised by those seeking an answer to the puzzles of daily living. Oddly enough, one seldom hears the questions: Why does so much good come to me? Why am I so greatly blessed? Mankind's questions usually have to do with the frustrations and not the benefactions of life.

WITHOUT a doubt Christ Jesus was the most successful Christianly scientific practitioner the world has ever known. Since the Master told his disciples that it was possible for them to follow his example as a healer, a demonstrator of spiritual law and its supremacy over matter, it will be helpful for us to ponder some of the reasons for his success and strive to apply them in our own lives.

AN allegory presents a story or moral lesson more graphically than it could be conveyed by literal terms. Mary Baker Eddy tells us that the teaching of spiritual truths must always be by symbols.

FOR a long period of time theories have been entertained by natural scientists regarding the atom and the possibility of smashing it, thereby releasing untold physical force. Almost fifty years before attempts to split the atom found expression in the atomic bomb, Mary Baker Eddy gave to the world the subjects of twenty-six Bible Lessons.

Old Testament The Old Testament was written in Hebrew, with the exception of a few parts, namely, Ezra 4:7 to 6:18, 7:12-16, and Daniel 2:5 to 7: 28, which were in Aramaic. Hebrew, the language of the children of Israel down to the fifth century B.

Have you ever noticed the extraordinary sequence of ideas in these words of the prophet Isaiah? He writes ( Isa. 40:31 ): "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

" Spirit is the only substance and consciousness recognized by divine Science. " So declares Mary Baker Eddy on page 278 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.

Should I submit to a medical examination if suffering from a disease which has not yielded to Christian Science treatment? Occasionally such a decision must be made by a student of this Science, and just what to do may seem perplexing. It is not recorded that Jesus of Nazareth, the master Metaphysician, ever inquired of a sick man which foot, or ear, or eye, or hand, or other part of the body was in distress.

Frequently harassed mortals are heard to exclaim: "I don't know which way to turn. There's no way out!" There are few who have not at one time or another found themselves groping in the darkness of such perplexity.

When Peter, filled with the sudden recognition of Jesus' true identity and his unparalleled, God-given mission, exclaimed ( Matt. 16:16 ), "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God," Jesus answered: "Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.