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A young girl , upon hearing her mother read from the Bible, "Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation," exclaimed, "Mother, that means joy is the dipper. " How true it is that only as one expresses joy and gratitude can he "draw water out of the wells of salvation"—liberate himself from the bondage and results of sin, sickness, disease, fear, lack, and limitation! Joy is not shallow optimism, crying, "Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Those who fully recognize the value of the discovery of Christian Science cannot fail to see the equal importance of its founding. Both the discovery and the founding were achieved by Mary Baker Eddy, and through them, the healing ministrations of Truth are made possible today.

Few of us are engaged in undertakings that the world calls great. Our abilities may be required only in the most simple, everyday affairs; our niche in the human scheme is so inconspicuous that few consciously realize that we are filling it.

Does not the eagle, soaring serenely and fearlessly far above the earth, wonderfully typify a sense of hope, spiritual elevation, and inspiration? Does its flight not bring to us a better realization of the fact that man, the child of God, has dominion over all the earth? Christian Science reveals to each receptive heart the supremacy of Spirit, and the dominion of good. In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mary Baker Eddy gives the illuminating statement ( p.

" For the love of God is broader Than is seen by human mind, And the heart of the Eternal Is most wonderfully kind. " The great need of the world today is that men should realize their oneness with God, our all-beneficent Father.

During the seventy-two years just passed, humanity has had the great privilege of witnessing the establishment of a scientific discovery so revolutionary in its applications that it is destined eventually to transform the entire human consciousness, and so vast in its implications that it can be understood and appreciated only through immense spiritual growth. This discovery by Mary Baker Eddy of the Science of Mind, or Christian Science, as she named it, was the natural unfoldment and culmination of the successive divine intimations to human consciousness of those things which are wholly spiritual.

Frequently situations arise in human affairs which seem obscure and difficult of solution. Whatever proposal of solution presents itself to human thought may seem fraught with penalties, so that the putting of a given proposal or several proposals into operation might apparently make the situation worse than before the efforts to do so were made.

While the Revised Version of the Bible was prepared by a large group of thoroughly competent scholars, their insight and scholarship were often obscured or limited by a policy of conservatism, partly self-imposed by the group, and partly required by the Anglican Council which sponsored the rendering. Laudable though such caution was up to a point, as obviating any extreme or unwarranted changes, on the other hand it meant that certain changes, however justifiable, could not be made because of their novelty.

In one simple sentence Christ Jesus gave to humanity the key to an infallible, scientific healing method, when he spoke these memorable words to one of the rulers of the synagogue: "Be not afraid, only believe. " Bible students are familiar with the incident.

The prophet Isaiah, in joyful thanksgiving, sang, "Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. " He then left this promised blessing to those who likewise put their trust in God: "Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.