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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.

QUITE aptly can it be said of those who have embraced Christian Science wholeheartedly, "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light. " The inspired writings of Mary Baker Eddy are bringing to light the spiritual and life-giving meaning of the Bible, so that today many are exclaiming with the apostle, "Our sufficiency is of God; who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit.

THE question, "How is business?" is heard on every hand. Through universal consent, the peace and prosperity of mankind in general seem largely to depend on the answer.

MEN speak of the art of giving, but the Science of giving alone teaches how and when to give, and, most important of all, the source whence all true giving emanates. The impulse to give love and gratitude, compassion and forbearance, in the service of mankind or in devotion to an individual, has been the inspiration of many a human sacrifice; but, circumscribed within the limits of personal endeavor, it has been handicapped both in its purpose and in its accomplishment.

WHAT a privilege was theirs who walked with Christ Jesus as he went about Palestine healing the sick, expounding the Scriptures in the synagogues, teaching the little group of disciples, and preaching to the multitudes on the mountainside and seashore! What an inspiration to have heard his "Be not afraid, only believe," comforting the parent whose daughter was reported to be dead: his "Neither do I condemn thee," reassuring the accused woman who had been engulfed in sin; his "Be thou clean," as he touched the leper. What a privilege to have heard him bid the impotent one at the pool, "Rise"; and to have stood with him at the grave of Lazarus as he prayed.

THE word "identity" is derived from the Latin idem, meaning "the same," that is, having complete similarity. It means "selfsameness" and the continuity or persistence of individuality.

THE need of obtaining and maintaining a better sense of body is considered by a majority of mankind to be one of the greatest needs confronting the human race. All will agree that health and strength are very desirable and essential, but as to the best method of securing satisfactory results, very few are found to be in agreement, except those instructed in the teachings of Christian Science.

SPIRITUAL sense is ever expectant of unfolding good, but material sense often reverses this right expectancy and persistently looks forward to a continuation of illness or depression, or whatever error has seemingly entrenched itself in human consciousness. Earnest students of Christian Science who have consistently adhered to its teachings over a period of years have as a rule had many proofs of the Christ-healing.