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Christian Scientists joyously recognize that Christ Jesus had unqualified success in healing sin and disease, and even in overcoming death for others and for himself. They long to attain the same altitude of spiritual understanding and ability; and they keep this high standard ever before them.

What a word is freedom; how little understood, yet how earnestly sought after by mankind! All the world loves the thought of freedom, but few are agreed as to its nature or how to achieve it. Paul, having demanded his legal protection as a Roman citizen, said to the chief captain, "I was free born.

Mortals believe themselves to be members of a fallen race, a weak and stumbling race, hedged about by unnumbered limitations and bound by a thousand chains. But the real man is unfallen, perfect, absolutely free; his faculties cannot be impaired, nor can his harmony be invaded.

True self-consciousness is concerned with the understanding of man as spiritual. False self-consciousness is concerned with the belief of man as mortal.

Despite the unique importance and widespread popularity of the Authorized Version, there gradually arose a cry for its revision, and in considering the reasons for this cry, it may be recalled that the King James translation was itself "but the best of many revisions" (Hoare: Evolution of the English Bible, p. 270).

Unswerving purpose! The very word "unswerving" tends to lift thought above false thinking —above the petty, the mean, the wavering—into purposeful effort. What a standard our Leader established in setting before us this unswerving, undeviating purpose! As Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, when she understood the great Master's purpose and mission, when she saw that his "mighty works are not supernatural, but supremely natural" ( Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Pref.

In the eleventh chapter of Hebrews is set forth a striking picture of the faith, courage, and spiritual power of a long line of Biblical characters through whose trust in God, and masterful achievements, there was revealed to the world the unfolding Christ-idea and the power of God. Faith in God was paramount in their lives, and their allegiance to Truth was unwavering.

The weary traveler is always glad to find a resting place. Here is a cessation from effort, with peace and quiet, that he may be refreshed and gain new strength for the continuance of his journey.

Moses tended the flocks of his father-in-law in the desert of Midian. He had fled, a fugitive, from Egypt, where he had by human means attempted to aid his oppressed brethren, the children of Israel.

From every corner of the world today humanity is anxiously crying out for a true form of government which will bring lasting peace, prosperity, and stability to the nations of the earth. In the ninth chapter of Isaiah we find the only possible solution to this most important of world problems.