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How beautifully does nature teach us all to sing new songs of gratitude to our Father-Mother God! Although no two sunsets spread their gorgeous coloring over the western sky exactly alike, no two roses unfold their hidden beauty precisely the same, no two bluebirds fill the air with the same exactness of melody, yet all are sending forth their psalms of thanksgiving to the Giver of all good, thereby teaching mankind the buoyancy, the joy, the beauty, and the inspiration of His creation. When one begins to "sing unto the Lord a new song" in words of praise, in smiles of thanksgiving, in acts of unselfed love, the mesmerism of fear, discouragement, self-pity, resentment, quickly disappears.

Through her discovery of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy revealed the fact that mortal mind is the one and only liar, and for this she deserves endless gratitude. In countless ways, throughout all ages, the false mentality, which Paul calls "the carnal mind," has befooled and betrayed men.

One might perhaps say that there have been almost as many designs for living as there have been people to live them, for everyone has some kind of plan upon which his existence is based, whether the design is sketched out consciously or unconsciously, carefully filled in with detail or roughly indicated by vague lines. Some, indeed, there are who are content to let others design their lives; some drift along in the general thought currents of the day, while others design boldly and try strongly to influence many of their contemporaries' lives for good or evil.

Much has been said recently about postwar planning. Discussions have been directed to the economic adjustments which will follow the long period of war activity, to reconversion, and to the broader phases of the peace plans which will succeed the cessation of hostilities.

Indulgence is a descriptive word in the vocabulary of corporeal sense. Reflection is coincident with spiritual sense.

In the course of his Sermon on the Mount, Christ Jesus said, "If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!" And Shakespeare, that great commentator on human nature, gave the following as part of Polonius' farewell to his son: This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Both quotations are arresting: the one a warning; the other a promise.

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In the years during which Mary Baker Eddy was seeking and finding Truth, great revival meetings were being held in this country. Preachers were striving to awaken their congregations to the subtle nature of sin, and were urging a return to godliness and religious fervor.

One of the vital names for God which our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, has revealed to us, is divine Principle. The word "principle," from a Latin word which means "beginning," is defined as "a source or origin.

The all intelligent principle, God, naturally loves the beauty and perfection of His universe. Because of His intelligent appreciation of good, He must love the God likeness of man, and this relationship is indicated by the name Father-Mother, which is used as a synonym for God by Mary Baker Eddy.