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During a discussion on a recent radio program a clergyman mentioned the great influence which Christian Science has had on Protestant religions through its teaching in regard to sin. Later the clergyman explained to the writer that what he had in mind was the influence which this teaching has had on Protestant preaching, resulting in the disappearance of what he called "the hell-fire" variety of sermons and in a greater emphasis on the doctrine of God as Love.

Why should we long for what another person has? The reasonable answer is that we think we lack the needful things of life or believe that something is missing that would make our joy complete. Christian Science teaches that all that we need —health, wealth, beauty, companionship —is always available through the realization that man as the reflection of God, coexistent with the Mind that is the source of all true supply, has all he needs every moment.

A student of Christian Science who felt weighed down by a physical problem began one morning the study of the Lesson-Sermon, which included the account of Jesus' three temptations. As she read of the second temptation, in which the devil set Jesus on a pinnacle of the temple and said to him ( Matt.

" Principle and its idea is one, and this one is God, omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent Being, and His reflection is man and the universe," writes Mary Baker Eddy in the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( pp. 465, 466 ).

One frequently hears a Christian Scientist express gratitude for the spiritual understanding of some passage of Scripture which he has gained through his study of the writings of Mary Baker Eddy. Christian Science is continually unfolding the fuller and deeper spiritual meaning of the Bible to more and more earnest students, who are proving for themselves that our beloved textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.

Spirit is God, and God is Mind, Truth. Inevitably, Truth must express itself intelligently.

Every alert student of Christian Science has found that the daily prayerful study of the Lesson-Sermon provided for him in the Christian Science Quarterly is of utmost importance as an aid to proving man's heritage of harmonious Life and of Love's abundance. In the Manual of The Mother Church (Art.

The spiritual enlightenment one gains from his study of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, can be put into practice immediately. If earnestly sought and honestly applied, this understanding will be found sufficient to meet the daily needs of the individual.

Upon rereading loved stories of the Bible, the writer was recently impressed with the number of times that one who was demonstrating God's power cautioned those about him to keep their own counsel. Note the words Elisha used to the widow when he was about to make a significant demonstration of abundance ( II Kings 4:4 ): "And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

The world today looks with eager and expectant eyes towards the leaders of the United Nations, and the steps which they are taking towards establishing a working basis for the maintenance of world peace and security. In view of the tremendous import of this purpose, much human thought and effort is being put into the machinery for its accomplishment.