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It is with deep regret and with sincere sympathy for the many friends and pupils of our beloved associate and co-worker, Mr. William R.

Hebrew prophecy is one of the most interesting and important aspects of the religious experience of the children of Israel, and in considering it, one may well recall that the work and influence of the prophets began at a very early period in the nation's development. Indeed, the Apostle Peter reminds us that God "hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began" ( Acts 3:21 ).

The Christian Science Reading Room is one of the many essential activities of the Christian Science movement. Our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, was divinely directed to protect her revelation of Christian Science against the danger of adulteration.

When we first become interested in Christian Science, we are sometimes surprised to discover that our textbook, like other textbooks, requires persistent, precise, methodical study, and that results are obtained only by consistent, accurate, and thorough application of the divine Principle which it elucidates. To be sure, a very little child gifted with loving insight may apply the Principle of Christian Science simply and successfully, because the child thought is clear, true, and obedient.

Fidelity to an exalted spiritual purpose speeds our progress on the highway to achievement. Devout consecration, inspiration, and unwavering devotion of thought and endeavor to a legitimate undertaking, make possible its successful completion.

God's will is done; and the will of God is expressed through unchanging, harmonious law. To be obedient to the will of God, one must have a demonstrable understanding of His law, a recognition of His government as unerring, and of His universe as spiritual, harmonious, and complete.

There is much comfort for the student of Christian Science in Mrs. Eddy's statement (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p.

" God's being is infinity, freedom, harmony, and boundless bliss" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 481 ).

Because the agelessness of man, as a child of God, is not generally understood, the fear of old age besets men in one way or another, saddening their thought and interfering with their usefulness. The dread of what seems an inescapable decline often looms in the thought of individuals even before what is commonly accepted as mankind's prime is reached, and youthful vigor is thus robbed of its joyous spontaneity.

" God is love. " What comfort and encouragement come to us in these words of the Bible! Logically, the supreme, intelligent Principle of the universe, creating and maintaining every entity in it, could not be at enmity with anything in His universe, nor even apathetic toward it.