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The more a student of Christian Science studies the life and works of Mary Baker Eddy the more convinced he becomes that every activity of the Church which she founded and every By-Law which she incorporated in the Church Manual has a deep significance. While we may participate in the activities of The Mother Church, and perceive that all the By-Laws of the Manual are important to the welfare and progress of our Cause, yet only as we grow in experience do we begin to glimpse their spiritual significance.

The thoughts which men think determine their lives. To recognize this is essential, but it is not sufficient.

" There are none friendless, none afraid," one of the hymns in the Christian Science Hymnal joyously assures us. These words lilting through consciousness awakened a student of Christian Science the morning she was to set forth alone for the first time in her experience on a journey from the east coast to the Pacific and back again.

As the young student of Christian Science gains a fuller vision of the perfection of being, and is brought face to face with the demands of becoming a follower of Christ, he may feel discouraged, believing that he is not able to measure up to the high standard. He may think that he has certain faults of which he cannot rid himself, or that he has been guilty on some past occasion of an unworthy act.

The word "ambush" is derived from  boscus, a wood, where certainly there is ample opportunity to waylay and launch a surprise attack upon an unwary and unwatchful adversary. An army advancing over difficult country will naturally take the precaution of sending forward patrols to discover and warn the main force of lurking dangers and, so far as possible, clear the way.

" And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues" ( Mark 16:17 ). Thus reads the Master's promise, and he adds ( verse 18 ), "They shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

Prophesying of the coming of Christ Jesus and drawing a picture of the care he should receive when a child, Isaiah wrote ( Isa. 7:15 ), "Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

" Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal?" ( Ezek. 18:25 ) is a Scriptural basis for the statement in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy ( p.

" I Was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. " These words ( Ps.

Deep rooted in us all there is a desire to serve our brother man, to lift the burdens from the race, to bring it surcease from sorrow. Sometimes this impulse remains dormant until fired by the words of a great teacher.