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How many unpleasant experiences resulting from misguided attempts to control the thoughts of others through the exercise of human will power and personal influence could be avoided if the quality of patience were better understood and more consistently demonstrated! And who is more adequately equipped to show the way of wisdom and love than the student of Christian Science? The enlightened understanding of the nature of God which his religion provides through the inspired writings of its Discoverer and Founder, Mary Baker Eddy, together with a realization in some degree of man's reflection of God's nature, is a constant source of inspiration and help. In the Manual of The Mother Church, under the caption "Guidance of Members," Mrs.

Christian Science is a restatement of Jesus' teachings in terms of an exact, demonstrable Science. It is so simple that little children can understand and prove it, and yet so profound that human thought never fully penetrates its depths.

The story of Jonah has typified to many the experience of mortals when evil seems to beset them on every side, and there is no apparent means of deliverance. The narrative records ( Jonah 2:5 ), "The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

Sooner or later everyone must learn that the only infallible helper is God, eternal Mind, and that whatever one's experience or need may seem to be, Mind has already supplied that need. The day must dawn when it will be universally understood that God's help is ever present and far beyond anything that we can hope to receive from any human person or influence, because human influence is always limited and restricted, whilst God, good, is measureless divine Mind and never makes a mistake.

Loyalty to the clearly defined standard of Truth and undeviating allegiance to divine Mind are the Christian Scientist's vital obligation, as is made clear throughout the writings of Mary Baker Eddy, the inspired Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science. On page 183 of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," she says: "Divine Mind rightly demands man's entire obedience, affection, and strength.

When the inspired prophets of the Old Testament received their wonderful revelations of Truth, these visions were frequently recorded in language which was symbolic. In the New Testament the statement of the truth became clearer.

We are living in an age of new and remarkable discoveries of atomic power, and we may feel that the atom belongs to relatively recent scientific research. The development and grasp of atomic power is a modern achievement, but the theory of atomism is an ancient philosophy, dating back to about 460 B.

THE very word "adventure" quickens thought. It holds promise of discoveries.

HOW much happier the world would be, how much more joyous and secure our lives, if there were full obedience to the commandment ( Ex. 20:15 ), "Thou shalt not steal"! If one watches a few birds feeding, one sees that they sometimes rob one another of morsels of food.

" ART thou still unacquainted with thyself?" queries Mary Baker Eddy in "Retrospection and Introspection" ( p. 86 ).