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Out of the depths of fettered lives struggling with human problems constantly comes the cry, "What is the way out?" Yearningly the Psalmist exclaimed, "Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest;" and he adds further, "I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. " What earth-bound heart has not felt the same inner urge, this impulse to fly away, to rise above materiality, to transcend the monotony of everyday existence with its fears, deceptions, and tragedies? This insatiable longing to fly upward—it is not strange, for has the world ever fulfilled our hopes and our dreams? Are we confident that if we had everything the world could give us we should be content? No! So long as our vision and our interests do not extend beyond the realm of sense-testimony, we are confined like birds in a cage, to limitations that would restrict the singing, soaring nature of spiritual individuality.

It is to be noticed that Jesus made his teachings graphic by means of parables. This also should be noticed, that makers of the doctrines which have divided Christendom viewed the parables as stories so well told they did not need to be commented upon.

From a letter dated 1903. Healing is the best sermon, healing is the best lecture, and the entire demonstration of Christian Science.

The famous Greek translation of the Old Testament known as the Septuagint is now generally supposed to have been prepared about the third century B. C.

Individuals who have had little or no difficulty in demonstrating the Principle of Christian Science in overcoming the claims of physical disability, need have no more difficulty in meeting a claim of financial lack. An apparent lack of supply should yield instantly, or within a short time, to their knowing and affirming of the truth.

Those who are practicing Christian Science today are endeavoring to meet the heart's great need by awakening mankind to a truer sense of Life and Love, arousing a desire to know and to do good, to receive and express good. With her unfailing wisdom, Mary Baker Eddy realized mankind's greatest need, and in an address to The Mother Church, in 1895, she stated (Miscellaneous Writings, p.

The prophet Isaiah wrote of the coming Messiah as the "Prince of Peace," and the "Prince of Peace" the Messiah truly is when rightly understood and obeyed; but the peace which Christ Jesus came to establish on earth was evidently of a higher order than the sense commonly entertained of it. Speaking to his disciples towards the close of his personal ministry he said, "My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.

Those who are engaged in the joyous activity of church work for the promotion of the Cause of Christian Science naturally experience growth in discernment and healing ability. It is a glorious privilege to help in the various branches of work in our movement, and the workers should daily experience blessings as the result of their work.

Three visits of Jesus to the sisters Martha and Mary are recorded in the Bible, in Luke and John. According to the Oxford Cyclopedic Concordance, two of these visits were two or three months apart.

Mary Baker Eddy gives a very simple rule which may be applied to every phase of error with successful results. It is found on page 525 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," the textbook of Christian Science, and reads thus: "Sin, sickness, and death must be deemed as devoid of reality as they are of good, God.