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Probably at no time in human history have so many hearts been crying out in despair for home. There are little children, young men and young women, mothers and fathers, of every nationality, echoing the cry for home.

The awakening statement, "Thou art loosed from thine infirmity," was made nearly two thousand years ago by Christ Jesus, to a woman who for eighteen years had been "bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. " The record continues, "And immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

Man eternally dwells in Mind. He is inseparable from his creator, divine Love, from Truth, forever expressing Life.

The Sunday school of a Christian Science church is a necessary department in the church activities. Out of the Sunday school should come a goodly portion of the church membership.

It is the desire of every right-thinking person to meet the adverse conditions of human experience with dignity, calmness, and fortitude; to withstand arguments of loss and defeat with hope and courage, and to face danger fearlessly. Such fortitude under conditions for which at the time no remedy has appeared is certainly commendable and is rightly honored wherever it is encountered.

In the Scriptures we find two seemingly opposing statements: David's words to Goliath, "The battle is the Lord's," and the prophet Habakkuk's words of praise to God, "Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity. " To harmonize these seemingly conflicting statements one must see, through the teachings of Christian Science, that God, good, divine Principle, is All, filling all space, and therefore evil in any form must of necessity be nonexistent, nothing.

The words spoken by Christ Jesus are for us today, "If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death;" and, "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?" "Believest thou this?" The grief-stricken thought of Martha must have been suddenly awakened by Jesus' startling question.

Every true idea, every step of genuine progress, that has come to the human race has come by way of spiritual unfoldment. When we are receptive to it, this divine light or spiritual revelation comes to each one of us in our everyday experience and inevitably awakens a desire for greater progress—progress that can come in satisfying measure only as a result of our gaining a more intimate understanding of God, infinite Mind or divine Principle.

Giving and receiving have always been actively manifested in human experience. But today, perhaps more than ever before, the demand for giving in all departments of daily affairs raises the cry that the supply, or receiving, is incommensurate or inadequate.

Many people are asking themselves today: "What is my relationship to the world conflict? And what part may I have in bringing it to a right settlement?" In attempting an answer to these questions one must necessarily consider some of the fundamental points at issue, and by reason and revelation gain some sense of direction and guidance. It may seem difficult when in the cross fire of human opinion to arrive at a satisfying answer; nevertheless, it is practicable through the good offices of Christian Science to have a clear sense of right, and to go forward with tranquil assurance, confident that God governs.