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MRS. EDDY tells us on page 370 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" that "to be immortal, we must forsake the mortal sense of things, turn from the lie of false belief to Truth, and gather the facts of being from the divine Mind.

THE Master said, "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly," and he verified this statement by saving the sinner, healing the sick, and raising the dead, in proof of his Messiahship. In covering the great subject of salvation, our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, speaks of it as the overcoming of sin, disease, and death.

THE parable of the ten virgins, as told in the twenty-fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, contains a wonderful lesson, which can be used very advantageously in meeting the problems and opportunities of today. In this parable the five wise virgins kept their lamps trimmed and their vessels well supplied with oil in anticipation of the bridegroom's coming.

"AND now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. " These words were not uttered by a triumphant potentate returning from conquest, but by a man about to experience crucifixion for his goodness.

The following statement made by the Hon. Charles Carrol Bonney, president of the World's Congress Auxiliary, in regard to the Christian Science movement and cited by Mary Baker Eddy in "Miscellaneous Writings" ( p.

Recently there have been appearing in the Pacific Northwest, along the highways, large signboards bearing the inscription, "Honestly now, what's your hurry?" How many are prepared to answer that question satisfactorily? Has it not become habitual with some persons to rush from place to place, to crowd the hours with any sort of activity, and yet to complain, "I don't know where the time goes"? It would seem sensible to take an inventory of one's thoughts to determine what the trouble is, and to correct it. Modern inventions through which business may be quickly transacted with the help of rapid transportation have their rightful utility.

In these strenuous times and rapidly progressive days, more and more emphasis is placed upon the necessity of keeping physically fit if one would succeed in any line of endeavor. Whether in the business world, in the recreational field, or in social contacts—in fact, in any and every manner of human endeavor— ability and the strength to carry on are deemed of great importance.

In various forms of human endeavor we find the association of time and practice, as being equally necessary concomitants for attaining desirable results. In fact, a common attitude toward the achievement of success is often expressed by these well-known phrases: "Give them time," and, "Practice makes perfect.

The following are some of the dictionary definitions of the word "will": "wish or desire; .

Fridtjof Nansen , the famous polar explorer, had to overcome great opposition to his voyages of discovery. He departed from professional axioms, for he did not keep to the coast for the purpose of having a line of retreat.