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Speaking generally, it would be held by most persons that activity is normal, and that everyone must do the necessary work before he can enjoy the fruit of his labors. Jesus, when a boy, spoke of being about his Father's business; and Christian Science, in its insistence upon the one Mind, teaches that there can be but one all-inclusive activity—the activity of good—since there is but one God.

John , the beloved disciple of Jesus, proclaimed, "God is love. " What, then, is true loveliness? Does not the universe, including man in God's image and likeness, express "the loveliness of Love"? The answer must be in the affirmative, for, as recorded in the first chapter of Genesis, God pronounced His creation "very good.

Poets and prose writers through the centuries have written much on the subject of hope, for in human experience this quality holds powerful sway, giving scope to thought and pointing to the possibilities of glorious achievement. Mortals, however, often associate with their various hopes the possibility of failure or defeat, but this beautiful transitional quality does not partake of the nature of chance.

Harmony is a manifestation of God, a condition of divine Mind expressed or reflected by man. It is a state of consciousness which is attained by letting the one Mind be in us "which was also in Christ Jesus.

" Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. " Here, in the eleventh chapter of the fourth Gospel, the beloved disciple gives us a glimpse of a beautiful friendship in the life of his Master, sealing, with the sanctity of the Christ, a place for true friendship in human relationships.

In the midst of human dissension and threats of world-wide violence, Christian Science is proclaiming its vital message that universal harmony is a present spiritual fact. Above the seeming din of discord, listening humanity is again hearing the song of angels, "On earth peace, good will toward men.

Among the most important and possibly the least practiced of the provisions in the prayer which Christ Jesus gave to his disciples—the Lord's Prayer—is that which makes the forgiveness of one's transgressions conditional upon the petitioner's forgiveness of his fellow beings. Through long familiarity with the words of this ideal prayer one is apt to let it become a vain repetition, unless its spirit is being consciously assimilated into one's thoughts and life.

There are three steps expressed by the words "read," "meditate," "act," which it is necessary to take if one would advance in the application of Christian Science to the problems of human living. The modern farmer furnishes an illustration of this sequence.

An amusing story relates that the devil once said to a friend that he was going to make a new world. "What are you going to make it out of?" asked the friend.

The Christian Science organization has never been better understood or more strongly entrenched than it is today. The last Annual Meeting of The Mother Church hinted the strength and perpetuity of the Christian Science movement.