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Christian Science glorifies God and nullifies evil. Fulfilling the promise of patriarch and prophet that the glory of the Lord should be revealed, this Science so illumines the Holy Scriptures and the life and teachings of Christ Jesus, that the splendor of God's perfect spiritual universe is unfolded.

The first man to suffer martyrdom in defense of the Christian religion, founded by Christ Jesus, was Stephen. He was brought to judgment before the high priest for doing miracles, and was charged with stirring up the people.

THE unique place held by Palestine in the history of the world is partly due to its geographical, situation, for it lies upon the threshold of three continents. It is on the western coast of Asia; not far to the southwest lies the boundary of Africa; while even in Biblical times ships plied constantly between the Holy Land and European ports.

A WONDERFUL answer to the question, "Whom do we obey?" is found in St. Paul's letter to the Romans: "Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?" Christian Science teaches that one grows spiritually in direct proportion to his understanding of and obedience to spiritual law.

"WE must 'pray without ceasing. ' Such prayer is answered, in so far as we put our desires into practice.

THERE are times in human experience when one's motives are misunderstood, one's actions misjudged, or perhaps right efforts misrepresented. It is at such times that men turn to God in prayer and find succor.

"BLESSED are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. " These words spoken by the master Christian, Jesus of Nazareth, ringing through the centuries, are today assuring a fear-ridden world that it is possible to wake from the dream of materiality with its distress and strife to the happiness which is inseparable from spiritual-mindedness.

IN a world oppressed with want, sickness, strife, and discord, it is wise to ask ourselves what we are individually expecting from life, from our business, our social contacts, and our relations with our fellow men. Are we expecting good or evil? If we were to judge from the evidence of the material senses, we might be tempted to believe that evil, in the form of disease, lack, inharmony being the common lot of men, is, therefore, inevitable.

THE indisputable fact that Christian Science heals all manner of evil and disease is being acknowledged by an ever-increasing multitude of people. It is equally true that this Science is efficacious in protecting its adherents from danger, discord, fear, sorrow, and kindred phases of inharmony, and in preventing the experience of sickness.

WE are told that Moses, when he kept the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, during a time of testing and preparation, "led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God. " In this incident can be seen a foreshadowing of the experience of many a one-who, in the midst of the monotony and weary treadmill of material routine, and seeking to do the will of God, faithfully keeps his thought and purpose along the way of the highest good he knows.