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IN "Pilgrim's Progress" Christian and his companion fall into the hands of Giant Despair. For a time they languish in prison, making no effort to escape, but through prayer, Christian is awakened to use the key in his bosom, called Promise, which opens any lock in Doubting-Castle.

MANY years ago the writer heard a testimony in which the speaker, mentioning the insistent demands of material sense, said something to this effect: "I have learned one thing in Christian Science, namely, that mortal mind cannot push me around. " We too can learn this lesson.

ON a cross-country motor trip one has a definite objective. By means of road maps one finds the best and most direct route to the desired destination.

IT makes no difference what the human problem calls itself; a right solution is available now, today, at this moment. For harmony is permanent, total, timeless, and ever present.

The twenty-second chapter of Matthew contains an incident wherein Christ Jesus clearly and simply sets forth one's duty to God and his fellow man. We read that a lawyer, tempting Jesus, questioned, "Master, which is the great commandment in the law?" What an exalting and inspiring reply was the Master's: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

The experience of climbing a mountain is often used as a comparison for the journey "from sense to Soul.

Christian Science is the Science of being; it is the truth of Life itself, the law of God, infinite good, which enables us to approach Him intelligently. This pure Science is unique and unparalleled; it cannot be compared to anything else, for it transcends and embodies all that is known or knowable.

Birth denotes a beginning, the appearance of something previously nonexistent. We do not associate birth with Deity, but are we alert in refusing to accord a natal hour to man, His image and likeness? Man's spiritual pre-existence is a natural consequence of his coexistence with God, divine Mind.

Christian Science reveals the scientific basis of Christianity. Its divine truths are seen to be impersonal, immutable, infinite, eternal.

" I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture," said the Master ( John 10:9 ). With customary simplicity, using figurative language which they could easily understand, Jesus taught the people the fundamental truths about God and man.