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Much has been said about freedom, and many efforts have been and are still being made to obtain for mankind relief from various forms of bondage. Such efforts are commendable so far as they go; but as belief in material existence is the basis of bondage, complete and permanent freedom can come only with the full recognition of Spirit and spiritual man.

A SUCCESSFUL-APPEARING man arose at a testimony meeting in a Christian Science church and expressed his gratitude for Christian Science. He said that he had recently visited the small town where he had attended the Christian Science Sunday School, and it had brought vividly to his thought how very much that training had meant to him and how grateful he was for the privilege of passing along the same sort of instruction now as a teacher in the Sunday school.

" IF I can just get through the first group of songs, the rest will go beautifully," said a singer before a recital. To her surprise, the evening of the concert the first section went perfectly, but in the middle of the very next song she forgot the words and had to start the song over from the beginning.

" LOVE, " Mary Baker Eddy penetratingly remarks in "Miscellaneous Writings" ( p. 250 ), "cannot be a mere abstraction, or goodness without activity and power," and she continues by indicating many quiet and selfless ways in which divine Love may be humanly expressed.

SUNDAY SCHOOL teaching is one of the most important and interesting kinds of church work, requiring constant study and prayer. If lessons seem to be dull and children unruly, let the teacher search his own thinking.

TODAY a mighty challenge comes to test the depth and integrity of our love. The call to forgive, to refuse to attach evil to man, is constantly knocking at the door of consciousness.

" HEAR , O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. " These vital words of the Hebrew Shema, the declaration of Moses, are echoing in our ears today even as they penetrated the consciousness of the children of Israel thirty-five hundred years ago on Mount Nebo.

ONE or more times each year the businessman checks the stock and supplies at his place of business, rearranging the various items with a view to greater orderliness and more definite knowledge of what he has on hand. He places his choice merchandise where it will be seen at an advantage, reduces prices on certain goods for quick disposal, and discards valueless articles that fill needed space.

VERY significant is the way in which Jesus healed the blind man of Bethsaida. The Scripture records that the Master "took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town.

THE Christian Science church is a healing institution. It is the most potent organized instrument for spiritual healing in the world.