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HOW grateful we are for the privilege of prayer! The revelation of the nature of God and man and their relationship, which is given to us in Christian Science, lifts prayer above empty ceremony or doubtful petition into the joy of loving communion and powerful action. True prayer begins with an understanding that God is the loving, wise Father, who tenderly cares for each of His children.

IN the midst of human misunderstandings, and mistreatment by those from whom we feel ourselves entitled to receive kindness, thought turns to God as Love as naturally and as confidently as a child turns to its mother's arms in times of danger, certain of finding an understanding love. Jesus, in his healing ministry, constantly showed forth the love that understands and the understanding that loves, not humanly but divinely.

EVERY system of thought is based on some proposition, some foundation or premise which may or may not be true or tenable. The truth or falsity of every system is determined by the soundness of its foundation.

It was after his father's death that a second and more definite call came to Abram with a magnificent promise attached to it. And this was the Divine intimation: "Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee; and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing; and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Today one often hears the cry, I am the victim of circumstances over which I have no control. Many of those uninstructed in Christian Science fall an easy prey to this subtle form of suggestion, and this mental attitude tends to produce what humanity is endeavoring to avoid, namely, hopelessness, despair, and defeat.

Christian Science is revealed to this world as a mighty challenge to every form and phase of sense testimony which seems so undeniably to enter into the experience of men. In spite of and in the face of the discordant testimony of mortal sense, however appalling it may seem to be, we are learning in our study of Christian Science how to declare with an ever-increasing certainty, born of an enriched understanding of God and of man in God's image, that we are the children of God, or as Paul says, "the temple of the living God.

In "Christian Healing" ( p. 10 ) our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, says: "Let us remember that God—good—is omnipotent; therefore evil is impotent.

Persistency is that quality of thought which enables one to stand steadfastly for a purpose and continue along a chosen line of action even in the face of opposition. This quality is much needed by the student of Christian Science who would make steady progress in gaining a demonstrable understanding of this profound subject and use his understanding in his daily experience.

If that stirring admonition enunciated by Christ Jesus centuries ago, "What I say unto you I say unto all, Watch," had been sufficiently understood and heeded by Christendom, the world would doubtless be a far better place in which to live than it appears to be today. There is much significance in the fact that the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, caused the statement to be inscribed across the front cover of the Christian Science Sentinel, as a loving reminder to the readers of that periodical, of a necessary Christian duty.

There is much definite evidence in the Bible and in the writings of Mary Baker Eddy showing that humility is an essential and vital part of true spirituality. On page 142 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," our Leader says, "As in Jesus' time, so to-day, tyranny and pride need to be whipped out of the temple, and humility and divine Science to be welcomed in.