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" Fear not," were the first angelic words to the startled shepherds, abiding in the Bethlehem fields, when the heavenly messenger heralded the coming of the Saviour. "And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

Of the many parables used by Christ Jesus to drive home some fundamental teaching, few, if any, have stronger appeal or are of greater value than the story of the prodigal son. Here in Oriental imagery is depicted the experience of a mortal who, lured by the demands of the flesh and the phantasy of material pleasure, turned from his father's house, with its peace and plenty, to indulgence of the physical senses.

EACH day the earnest Christian Scientist prays," 'Thy kingdom come;' let the reign of divine Truth, Life, and Love be established in me, and rule out of me all sin; and may Thy Word enrich the affections of all mankind, and govern them!" The beloved revelator of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, made this "Daily Prayer" the duty of each member of her church ( Church Manual, Art. VIII, Sect.

IT is interesting to note how often, according to the Bible records of healing, the one in need was bidden to arise, or to rise up. It is related of the prophet Elijah that an angel, a thought or messenger from God, touched him when he was tempted by discouragement and depression in the wilderness, and bade him, "Arise and eat.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE reveals the changeless, unerring nature of the divine Principle, Love, and sets us to work to learn how to bring our thinking into line with its laws and rules, for only in this way can we demonstrate the harmony, peace, and love which inevitably follow such obedience. This entails alertness, consecration, and persistence in correcting whatever is shown to be wrong, unloving, or inharmonious in our thinking.

WHEN Jesus met and overcame the three temptations spoken of in the fourth chapter of Matthew, he established the basis for healing all the ills of mortal belief. He met the first temptation with the Scriptural declaration, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

" THE supremacy of Spirit was the foundation on which Jesus built" ( Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 138 ).

SOME years ago at the close of a school term an English boy was presented by the headmaster with a book entitled, "From Log Cabin to White House. " The book was a biographical sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln.

HAVING gained some spiritual understanding of man's eternal oneness with God, the student of Christian Science turns unreservedly to Him for help in all emergencies. He looks away from the mortal evidence of pain, poverty, crime, accident, destruction, contagion, or death to the truth of being, and sees fulfilled the promise found in the book of Isaiah, "When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.

IN the world today, democracy is on trial. There are many problems to be solved, and those with vision are turning to God as the only source for the right solution.