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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.

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.