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" As you journey, and betimes sigh for rest 'beside the still waters,' ponder this lesson of love. Learn its purpose; and in hope and faith, where heart meets heart reciprocally blest, drink with me the living waters of the spirit of my life-purpose,— to impress humanity with the genuine recognition of practical, operative Christian Science.

Despite Paul's outspoken and often stern references to women in general, the Bible records bear witness to the fact that several women gave him aid which he not only accepted but appreciated. One of the most outstanding of these helpers was a certain Lydia, who appears to have been Paul's first convert on the continent of Europe.

In a dearly loved article by our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, entitled "Voices of Spring," we find these heartening words ( Miscellaneous Writings, p. 332 ): "Spring is here! and doors that closed on Christian Science in 'the long winter of our discontent,' are open flung.

Sometimes a sudden crisis precipitates the demand to do something about it, as was the case in the recent experience of a young man in the Navy. His ship was bombed.

Are you seeking health, and thus far have you failed to find it? Are you searching for peace, and not sure how it may be attained? Do you honestly want to free yourself from some false appetite or enslaving habit? Do you feel in bondage to lack, and are you longing for adequate supply? Then rejoice, for your deliverance is at hand! The way out of these difficulties is not found by wishful thinking; rather is it found in the ever-available law of God, that eternal law which knows no beginning or ending, and is incapable of failure. This law was revealed to Mary Baker Eddy.

John in his Gospel tells the story of Nicodemus, who came to Jesus by night because he wanted no one to know that the teachings and the healings of the master Christian had impressed him. His words, "We know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him," revealed his willingness to recognize the divine origin of the works which he had seen the Master do.

To unite mankind in such a way as to preserve the peace of the world and still allow opportunity for growth and development in each individual nation is a problem engaging the attention of many thoughtful men and women. Too long have people accepted the false suggestion that greed, national pride, jealousy, suspicion, and selfishness must forever prevent any effective international co-operation.

One of the many interesting points about the Beatitudes is that each condition mentioned, is described as being blessed in the present rather than in the future. In the second beatitude Jesus' striking statement, "Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted," surely implies by the use of the word "are" that such a state of blessedness is here and now available for such as mourn.

Whenever a man in combat service fails to return to his base at a given time, or to reach a destination to which he has been sent, a message is sent to his next of kin stating that the soldier or sailor is "missing in action. " This information is usually passed on to others by word of mouth or through the newspapers, so that in a very short time the belief of loss is quite generally accepted.

" How do these truths apply to my problems or to the world? What is there in this very familiar citation which I have not yet fully grasped?" The Christian Scientist approaching his study of the Lesson-Sermon with these questions in mind will find his reading to be vital and meaningful. No false sense of routine, no lack of inspiration, can vitiate the thought which turns in alertness and gratitude to the Bible and to "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy for daily bread.