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Sole allegiance to God brings wonderful foresight and enduring strength, thus enabling one to turn seeming disaster into a glorious victory for good. In "Miscellaneous Writings" ( pp.

" The Scriptures give the keynote of Christian Science from Genesis to Revelation," writes Mary Baker Eddy on page 366 of "Miscellaneous Writings," "and this is the prolonged tone: 'For the Lord He is God, and there is none beside Him. ' And because He is All-in-all, He is in nothing unlike Himself; and nothing that worketh or maketh a lie is in Him, or can be divine consciousness.

Jesus of Nazareth said to one who desired to become a follower ( Matt. 8:20 ), "The Son of man hath not where to lay his head," and he mentioned home only twice in his teachings, once in the parable of the lost sheep and again when he bade one who had been healed ( Mark 5:19 ), "Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.

Once there were placed before a certain man great opportunities for attaining material success and personal prestige. He needed only to concur in the generally accepted material theories concerning life and follow the path designated and made plain and smooth by the tread of many others.

Many wide-awake young people, who have seen the teachings of Christian Science proved, are endeavoring effectively to practice this religion. Aware in some degree of the value of a scientific concept of existence, and sincerely striving to live in accord with it, they are setting aside many an "Impossible!" as they go forward in spiritual understanding.

Christian Science is the demonstrable law of God, which is effectual and irresistible in its operation, and is definitely consistent and wholly spiritual in every statement and in all its operations. In the study and application of this spiritual Science one does not confine himself to a mere perusal of words or to the memorizing and repetition of favorite statements.

When our taste is sufficiently developed, we choose suitable frames for our pictures. As students of Christian Science we may, in a sense, think of its teachings as framing our lives.

Great encouragement, burdens made light, thought uplifted with hope and promise have been the experience of countless numbers who have taken up the study of Christian Science. Some understanding of the great fact of spiritual reality, attainable only by walking in the pathways of Truth, has been gained.

Recently the writer listened to a round table discussion on postwar plans being broadcast from Great Britain. An arresting statement was made by one of the speakers, an Englishman, who said in part, "It is important that there be friendship and affection between Great Britain and America, but what is more important is that there be understanding between the two nations.

Teaching the Bible to Sunday school pupils, like all Christian Science teaching, has a practical purpose. Its object is to make the Bible the chart of life for them.