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During a conversation on Christian Science, two students recalled the experience of a woman who fancied she had locked herself in her closet. Upon investigation it was found that the door could readily have been opened from the inside by turning the blunt end of some hardware which took the place of a knob.

The appearance of the atomic bomb, with its hitherto unexplored possibilities for good and evil, draws humanity's attention renewedly to that strange phenomenon termed matter. Matter, though in some ways familiar to us, nevertheless baffles those who attempt to investigate its nature.

" The allness of Deity is His oneness," writes Mary Baker Eddy in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 267 ).

Lecture Information For some years it has been the custom for members of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship, after several years of service thereon, to reserve some time to be devoted particularly to the study and practice of Christian Science. In accordance with this procedure, the following will have such a period, beginning July 1, 1946: Mr.

Who is the happy Warrior? Who is he That every man in arms would wish to be? Many of us have either read or learned by heart these stirring lines from Wordsworth's poem, "Character of the Happy Warrior. " The title, however, presents a paradox, for it seems to be a contradiction in terms.

" We must look deep into realism instead of accepting only the outward sense of things. " This authoritative statement, which is a challenge to thinkers and a rule for would-be reformers, is given by Mary Baker Eddy on page 129 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.

According to Christian Science, infinite Love and its idea, man, coexist in all harmonious perfection. There is no God sent affliction, or evil.

The daily rising and setting of the sun and the breaking of the waves on the seashore, year after year, illustrate, though faintly, the idea of inexhaustible activity. To visualize with mathematical precision and certainty the centuries through which the solar system has run, taxes the human mind, which is unable to grasp the expanse and scope of the spiritual universe, created and sustained by God.

The desire for satisfaction is inherent in human thought. One individual believes that if only he can maintain or regain strength and health, he will be satisfied; another thinks that if only he can acquire an adequate supply of money and material possessions, his difficulties will disappear.

Every human science or art is built up on some basic truths which must be used in solving problems in the practice of that science or art. For instance, the science of mathematics would be useless without the knowledge and proper use of its calculus of nine figures and a cipher; the art of music could not be practiced without an understanding of the notes of the scale.