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While Sarah is known to us chiefly as the wife of the pioneer patriarch Abraham, there are sufficient references to her in the Biblical narrative to suggest something of her own character and characteristics. Like her husband, Sarah (or Sarai as she was originally called) came from Ur of the Chaldees, which excavations show to have been a large and thriving but idolatrous city, where the worship of the moon-god was supreme.

The attainment to "the kingdom of God," which Jesus said "is within you," has always been the goal of Christianity. But the nature and location of this kingdom have been subjects of mere aspiration or speculation by those who looked for it elsewhere, because they have not understood the teachings of Jesus.

Several years ago a student of Christian Science was struggling with a seemingly tenacious phase of error. A friend who knew of the circumstances wrote to the student a very loving and helpful letter quoting Jesus' words in his parable of the pounds or talents, "Occupy till I come.

In the study of Christian Science we learn the unreal nature of sin, sickness, and death—all error. The belief in their reality must be eradicated from our consciousness if we are to be free from physical disability.

Centuries ago, Christ Jesus gave us a great, unchanging truth about the kingdom of God. The Pharisees asked him "when the kingdom of God should come;" and Jesus answered, "The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

Today the words "reality" and "realism" are frequently used. The expression, "We must face reality," is often employed by writers and speakers.

One of the beauties of holiness is that it demands discipline and mental alertness of those who are to achieve it. The human family, passing through great tribulation, is in dire need of repeated and convincing demonstration that holiness is attainable through divine Science.

The author shares that we have the right to demonstrate our God-given self-government and experience the boundless freedom which it always brings.

The realization of the spiritual meaning of Church will do much to clarify and harmonize our individual experience as church members. To help in attaining this realization, these pertinent questions may well be asked: What is Church? On what is church membership based? How can church membership be actively maintained? The answer to the first question may well be found in the exalted concept of church propounded by Christ Jesus.

From the third century A. D.