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An unwavering conviction that victory for Truth is inevitable is a necessity in spiritual warfare. It gives one moral courage.

Hosea admonished the Israelites to break up their fallow ground, that mental state which, if left uncultivated and unproductive of spiritual activity, brings forth only weeds and rubbish. This admonition was pronounced some five centuries before Christ Jesus, and today we find public speakers and high ecclesiastical authorities repeating the message.

Christian Science requires that those espousing this religion shall do something constructive about whatever engages their attention. There should never be any occasion for doubt or confusion regarding what they are to do, for this Science has revealed to them that everything unlike divine good is forever barred from the true consciousness of man, which is the reflection of perfect and holy Mind.

At the precise moment when one is tempted to believe that a particular assignment to duty is beyond his capacity or wish to fulfill, he may find himself standing at the threshold of Christianity. This fact is a comfort today when many an individual seems forced by events into unaccustomed work, not of his own choosing.

Yes , God has "loved thee. " God always has and always will love us.

" 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.