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It is sometimes asked by new members of a branch church, "Just how does one do metaphysical work for the church?" There is nothing mysterious about this work, for spiritually mental work for the church means prayer, pure and simple. It is the prayer of faith in and understanding of God, His allness and His love.

All right-thinking persons conform to rules of conduct. When such rules are based on Christ's Christianity, one finds that obedience to them requires frequent self -correction, that is, correction of one's thoughts and acts.

Moral courage is rightly regarded as far superior to animal courage. The latter may spring up from partisanship, excitement, intoxication, or other errors, and it is in no way contingent upon excellency of character or honesty of purpose.

When Christ Jesus said, "Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God," he exposed the underlying cause of every human ill. Great, indeed, is the human need to know and understand real power, the power of God, of divine Mind, Life, Truth, and Love.

The Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science has given to the world precious, inspired definitions. If these definitions are learned, pondered, and put into practice, our lives will be greatly enriched in both a human and a divine sense.

In the present age, mankind is witnessing the culmination of many great achievements. Mammoth bridges of lengthy span stretch across waters unbridged before; towering skyscrapers rise hundreds of feet above street level; gigantic dams, arresting the flow of mighty rivers, impound in man-made lakes, larger than ever before constructed, vast quantities of water which will eventually help to make fertile millions of acres of hitherto unproductive land.

FOR the first three quarters of the seventh century B. C.

IN the first chapter of Genesis we find a record of creation which begins with light and ends with man made in the image and likeness of God. The question may be asked, Why, if man is God's highest creation or idea, does he come last in the record and not first? In order to grasp the meaning of this, it is necessary to realize that the first chapter of Genesis is really a record of unfoldment or revelation, rather than of creation, for there can never have been a time when God was without His creation, or ideas, just as there never was a time when the sun existed without its rays.

THE book of Proverbs says of a man, "As he thinketh in his heart, so is he. " A man's thinking affects his whole experience.

MARY BAKER EDDY has given to the world an enlightening and thought-provoking definition of the word "resurrection. " In "Science and Health with Key to the scriptures" ( p.