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That men and nations may pass through the troubled waters of this period into smoother seas, there is great need that their governments should be based upon righteousness, need that men should be mindful of the source of stability and prosperity, that faith, understanding, and strength necessary to meet the difficulties be forthcoming. Each country is representative of the thinking of its citizens.

As ordinarily considered, health refers to one's physical condition; but Webster defines it in a broader sense as "state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul. " It is, however, for Christian Science to raise the standard still higher, and link health with holiness.

Paul writes, in his second epistle to the Corinthians, "Such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God. " Paul had proved in his own experience that complete reliance on God, the all-knowing, ever-present, infinite, divine Mind, gives one the intelligence, ability, discernment, and strength needed in any right undertaking.

Some persons believe that they are possessed of what they call practical natures. They hold a certain disdain for what they regard as impractical ideas, and assume that religion falls under this category, believing that while religion may be a beautiful theory, it is not workable in everyday life, and that practical situations must be met in practical ways.

Everyone is naturally concerned with being —with what really is, as it pertains to himself and others; and when one considers the nature of being he sees that this is as it should be, for being is divine unfoldment, infinite Mind or divine Principle forever infinitely expressing itself according to its own unvarying perfection. The writings of Mary Baker Eddy make plain that the nature of being is unfoldment.

The redemptive character of Jesus' mission gained for him the names of Saviour and Redeemer. His thoughts expressed the Christ, or his divine nature, and therefore were saving and healing in their effects.

Three trees are figuratively portrayed in the Scriptures: one that grew in the garden of Eden, bearing two kinds of fruit—good and evil; one, as described by the Psalmist, that grew by rivers, which had leaves that did not wither, and brought forth its fruits in its season; and also "the tree of life," which appeared to St. John in a vision and which bore "twelve manner of fruits," and yielded her fruit every month.

Human education suggests that we are persons immersed in an immense material universe. Each person supposedly possesses a mind of his own.

The only Bible known to Jesus and his contemporaries was the Bible of the Hebrews, which we know as the Old Testament. In the Palestinian schools, including the synagogue school at Nazareth, which the Master doubtless attended, this Hebrew Bible was, indeed, the only textbook used, and this helps to explain not only Jesus' reverence for the Old Testament, but also his intimate acquaintance with it.

One Sabbath morning, a Christian Science Sunday School pupil, her small face radiant, said, "I know why we sing hymns. " "Why?" asked her teacher.