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Continually , there are ideals and commands urged upon us to do what we think we cannot do, and become what seems to us impossible. We weary under exhortations and become dull to ever-changing fiery preachments against us for not supporting campaigns which are of the nature of war against persons.

To this day, after the passing of more than three hundred years since the date of its preparation, the prestige of the Authorized Version remains virtually unchallenged. Without doubt one of the outstanding merits of the rendering is the purity of its English style, which perpetuates the highest qualities of the Golden Age of English literature, without stooping to the discursive pedantry or the florid phrases characteristic of some of the Elizabethan and Jacobean authors.

Stability and security have been much in world thought during the last few years. Shifting trends and troublous events, with their resultant confusion, have caused many thoughtful observers to ask, What is stability, and where may it be found? Nations also have pondered this question as they have watched the appalling spectacle of social, economic, and industrial changes undermining and even destroying hitherto supposedly impregnable foundations.

False religious teachings have established the belief that immortality is gained by passing out of a mortal or material sense of existence. Thus men are taught to reconcile themselves to grief, sorrow, and death, accepting them as the will of God.

Among the many theories which from time to time have arrested the thought of mankind, the theory of evolution seems to have had a greater influence upon human thinking than most of them. It purported to give a new view of the origin of mankind, a possible explanation of the human enigma; and to many it may have seemed natural and inevitable, laying bare the long trail of strife and struggle down which the human race has progressed.

In the earlier stages of their growth in understanding, students of Christian Science sometimes make too much of the uncovering and denial of evil. On the other hand, they may have a tendency to disregard evil—close their eyes to it, so to speak—and believe they are falling from their standard of spiritual thinking if they admit there is a claim of error.

No one could be expected to face life enthusiastically without a definite feeling that there is some purpose in it, and that this purpose extends to his individual living. A completely purposeless life would be a blank experience: it would not be life at all.

When a trip abroad is being planned, those who express order make the necessary arrangements with care, so that the happy completion of the trip will be assured. Among certain details may be the obtaining of a passport for the journey.

On page 56 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy writes, "The commandment, 'Thou shalt not commit adultery,' is no less imperative than the one, 'Thou shalt not kill.

On pages 426 and 427 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mrs. Eddy makes two arresting statements.