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When the Psalmist declared what he had perceived of the eternal truth in the words, "Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations," and, "Before the mountains were brought forth, .

When we study the epistles of the great missionary Apostle Paul, as they are now printed in our Bible, meticulously divided up into chapters and verses, and provided sometimes with rather lengthy titles, it is all too easy for us to forget that they were rarely, if ever, intended by their author to be elaborately worked out treatises, or even epistles, in any formal sense of the word. From first to last they were letters, and they can be more deeply appreciated when their essential character is thus understood.

Demonstration is one of the essential attributes of Christian Science, for without demonstration there would be merely words, or faith without works. The word "demonstrate" carries a connotation suggesting that demonstration is a special act reserved for some special occasion, some unusual or trying situation.

In these strenuous times when nations are lined up in a mighty conflict, conscientious individuals throughout the world are concerned with understanding and maintaining true loyalty. They wish to be loyal to Principle, to their fellow men, and to the country of their birth or adoption, and are earnestly seeking a satisfactory solution to their problem.

Never was it more imperative than it is now that not only individuals but communities and nations the world over should retain their poise and inward peace in the face of what they seem to be experiencing and in the face of the news coming to them over the radio and through the press. Aggression can be stopped, for God's kingdom is not subject to aggression.

Christian Science sounds a clarion call to spiritual warfare that should rouse the thinkers of the day. In the sixth chapter of Ephesians, Paul describes the armor and method of spiritual warfare.

Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, writes in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 369 ), "The prophylactic and therapeutic (that is, the preventive and curative) arts belong emphatically to Christian Science, as would be readily seen, if psychology, or the Science of Spirit, God, was understood.

On page 91 of "Retrospection and Introspection" Mary Baker Eddy writes: "The parable of 'the prodigal son' is rightly called 'the pearl of parables,' and our Master's greatest utterance may well be called 'the diamond sermon. '" In the Sermon on the Mount are to be found those declarations regarding blessedness called the Beatitudes.

Master , which is the great commandment in the law?" asked the lawyer Pharisee of Jesus. Matthew tells in the preceding verses how, the Pharisees having heard that Jesus had effectively silenced their religious rivals, the Sadducees, one of their number, a lawyer by profession, propounded this question, hoping possibly to involve Jesus in academic controversy, whereby the Pharisee's professional knowledge of the law might secure for him a verbal victory.

To one looking out over the world of human endeavor it may seem that the ills of men are many. Looking through the lens of mortal sense, much is seen that is unlike the heavenly Father and His perfect and harmonious universe.