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OUR Leader. Mary Baker Eddy, has said in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.

PONDERING deeply the allness of God as revealed in the Bible and "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, the student is brought face to face with the fact that perfect God brings forth only that which is perfect, and that creation is not what the five physical senses represent it to be. As he gets clearer views of what God —the source of all creation—is, his understanding of God's manifestation or creation unfolds naturally.

A STUDY of the glorious opening chapter of the Christian Science textbook brings the realization that our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, indeed helps every earnest and sincere student to pray the prayer that is heard and answered— the prayer that heals. Out of a heart full of love for God and man, she points the way to the attainment of that which will bring the solution of all the problems confronting humanity today, of that which will liberate mankind from all their limitations, satisfy all human cravings and longings, and usher in the wondrous fact that God is good and all-powerful now, and eternally sees "every thing that he had made," beholding it as "very good.

"NOW are we the sons of God. " Profound statement! Spiritual man, and there is no other, is the son, the idea or expression, of God, divine Mind.

THERE lies an island, stern, barren, and rocky in the Aegean Sea, a forlorn and lonely environment, indeed, one where there would seem little to live for. For one deprived of home, friends, comforts— the things tending to make human life interesting and pleasant—all human hope of happiness or opportunity for achievement apparently would be cut off, were he banished to such a place.

EVERY earnest student of the writings of Mary Baker Eddy is desirous of making steady, substantial progress in his understanding and demonstration of Christian Science. He wants to enlarge his service to his fellow men, to increase his usefulness in his Father's vineyard, to lift his efforts to an ever higher plane of activity.

IN the Scriptural record it is stated concerning the teaching of Christ Jesus that "he taught them as one having authority. " To understand the nature of this authority is of primary importance to every individual who desires to follow in the footsteps of the great Way-shower.

WHILE much has been written about the background of the Bible, one aspect of it, which forms the subject of the present article, is all too frequently forgotten. It has been well said that "physical geography at once determines and interprets much of the history and many of the stories of the Bible;" hence it is instructive to recall some of the peculiar geographical features of the Holy Land.

MANY statements in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" arrest attention and guide us to the truth. One such is included in "the scientific statement of being" on page 468 , where Mrs.

REFERRING to Jesus, who said, "if ye love me, keep my commandments," Mrs. Eddy says ( Message to The Mother Church for 1902, p.