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Words that bring courage to those who may feel burdened by the strife of material living are found on page 22 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. She writes, "Final deliverance from error, whereby we rejoice in immortality, boundless freedom, and sinless sense, is not reached through paths of flowers nor by pinning one's faith without works to another's vicarious effort.

In the Gospel of Luke it is related of Jesus that when "a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus, moved by that spiritual discernment with which he approached all problems, detected the personal outlook of his questioner and replied, "Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. " Since Jesus expressed good in his every thought and act, clearly he was not repudiating his own good living, but was emphasizing the impersonal nature of good as an ever present divine attribute, in contradistinction to the belief that it was a personal possession.

The student of Christian Science early notes the importance attached to demonstration; in fact, he finds that it is paramount in his progress and success. He therefore earnestly seeks the spiritual meaning of the word and its correct employment in daily experience.

Right thinking is of paramount importance— now. It is clear that if wrong thinking has brought about wrong world conditions, right thinking alone can correct them.

To the Christian Scientist, loyalty to his Leader's teachings should be of the utmost importance. Indeed, such steadfast loyalty enables the student to discern with metaphysical clearness between the genuine and spurious, the true and false, the real and unreal.

JOHN THE BAPTIST played a most significant part in bringing about the transition from the Old Testament to the New, and may well be described as one of the chief links uniting the two volumes of our Bible. Born in a priestly household, he was still essentially a prophet, and so in himself he helped to heal the ancient breach between priesthood and prophecy so often apparent in the Old Testament, thus preparing for the broader and more tolerant Gospel of the New.

TO many there may come a sense of doubt, depression, discouragement, and failure. It may be over problems of sickness, of discord, or of supply, when human efforts, although perhaps well directed and earnestly applied, utterly fail.

ELIJAH the Tishbite, a prophet in Israel, is an outstanding character of the Bible, because of his great spiritual vision and moral courage. At one time in his experience, however, he became so frightened by the vindictive threats of Jezebel, a heathen queen of Israel, that he fled into the wilderness and sat under a juniper tree, apparently overcome with self-pity, fear, discouragement, and personal responsibility.

WITH tender persuasion Christian Science is revealing to mankind the truth necessary for the correction of error, for the healing of the woes of the world. Because it is the law of God, Christian Science is irrevocable, its continuity unbroken, its healing power never impaired.

TODAY there is a call, perhaps more urgent than ever, for every student of Christian Science to use his spiritual understanding to protect himself and others from the aggressive suggestions which are claiming to be present. In "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" (pp.