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HEAVY financial obligations to meet in a few days, and only five cents in view with which to meet them — this was the situation suddenly confronting a student of Christian Science. How was this erroneous condition to be corrected? A similar position, as recorded in II Kings, was remembered.

THE survival of democracy is a question seriously before the people today. Thoughtful individuals are recognizing that the measure of freedom thus far attained by the race appears to be in jeopardy.

In her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mrs. Eddy writes ( p.

THE quest for God begins when the mortal sense of existence becomes aware of its own limitations— its own captivity. Indeed, the very fact that God is All and infinite, and thereby all-inclusively ever present, makes such an awakening possible.

RESURRECTION and ascension open up an endless spiritual vista, and become more wonderful as we begin to see how very closely they touch our individual experience and salvation. They are so closely related to each other that they are but one, for in our journey from sense to Soul they are naturally allied, and the one without the other is inconceivable.

Since the Bible so widely used in homes and churches to this day is often called the "King James Version," it is of interest to discover the exact nature of the relation between that monarch and the translation associated with his name. Of course, King James was not himself the translator of this version, that task being assigned to a large committee of scholars.

On page 275 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mrs. Eddy makes the attentionarresting statement, "The starting-point of divine Science is that God, Spirit, is All-in-all, and that there is no other might nor Mind,—that God is Love, and therefore He is divine Principle.

The magnitude and joy of spiritual healing unfold to us day by day through consecrated study of the Bible and the Christian Science textbook; and the quick and permanent results gained from relying wholly upon God for our needs are seen to be far superior to any obtained from other so-called methods of healing. The statement was made to a student of Christian Science by one who was considering its adoption, that he felt he should first use material means to endeavor to clear up some difficult conditions he was experiencing, and then, having gained his freedom, he would heartily begin the study of Christian Science.

" Shall I ? Or shall I not?" These questions seem frequently to be encountered in human experience. While they may often arise in connection with what are called trifles, they sometimes involve important decisions.

Sincere students of Christian Science are sometimes heard to deplore their own or another's lack of understanding. They may say, or think, that they lack sufficient understanding to work out certain problems which confront them, and to protect themselves from adverse influences.