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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.

A MOMENTOUS and comforting statement by Mary Baker Eddy is to be found on page 225 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. " It reads, "Love is the liberator.

ALMOST everyone has ambitions, some of which may seem worthy or unworthy, when judged according to accepted standards of morals, ethics, culture. All right ambitions, however, are founded on unselfishness, and often much worldly pleasure is sacrificed by an individual in order that he may study, work, invent, and achieve, and give of the results of his efforts to benefit mankind.

"NEVER was there a more solemn and imperious call than God makes to us all, right here, for fervent devotion and an absolute consecration to the greatest and holiest of all causes. " With these stirring words, on page 177 of "Miscellaneous Writings," our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, calls all students of Christian Science to sentinel their mental watchtowers of scientific purpose and action.

MEMBERSHIP in the Church of Christ, Scientist, is both a privilege and a responsibility. It is a privilege because it supplies opportunity for association with others animated by the same spiritual aims and interests.

THE book of Job, that great religious drama, written thousands of years ago, deals with the problem of human suffering and attempts to explain the presence of evil, supposed to be permitted in a world created and governed by a wholly good God. All through the ages what is termed the "problem of evil" has ever been a disturbing factor in human experience.

UNDER the marginal heading "Real and unreal identity," on page 70 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy writes, "The divine Mind maintains all identities, from a blade of grass to a star, as distinct and eternal. " Real identity and spiritual law relate exclusively to the realm of God's spiritual creation, wherein everything is good.

THE question is sometimes asked, "Is Christianity fulfilling its purpose?" Many centuries have passed since the followers of Christ Jesus were designated as Christians in Antioch. It is noteworthy that the early Christians demonstrated the truth of their religion by healing sickness and disease of every nature, in obedience to the admonition of its great Founder.