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" My peace I give unto you," said Christ Jesus, "not as the world giveth, give I unto you. " What was this peace which the Master gave to his followers, and wherein did it differ from what the world had to offer? As the character of the Christ was revealed in Jesus, it became evident, to those who had eyes to see, that the inspiration of his every word and deed lay in his unity with the Father.

The real man never traffics with his spiritual birthright of life, freedom, harmony, and boundless good. His vision of eternal selfhood, intact, perfect, and undefiled, is never for a single moment obscured.

Much that is helpful remains hidden in words and phrases that have become so familiar as to induce a perfunctory reading. One is apt to slip lightly, for instance, over such a phrase as is frequently found throughout the Old Testament, "And it came to pass," its direct meaning being the recording of an event.

Nathaniel Hawthorne in "The Great Stone Face" tells the legend of the profile on the mountainside, which was like a great and good man who would some day come to benefit the struggling villagers near by. A lowly lad spent many hours of his youth gazing at the profile and thinking of the goodness of the man who was to come.

No better counsel as to a method of effective prayer can be found than in the eleventh chapter of Mark's Gospel, wherein is recorded the earnest appeal of the Master to his disciples for greater steadfastness, faith in God, and forgiveness, if there be "ought against any. " As a fitting climax to his admonition for unwavering faith, he promised, "What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

Much is heard of the questionings of youth as to life, its meaning and purpose. Youth is said to be unsettled, doubtful, viewing the future as a sea of uncertainty with no port of destination and no compass of reason or revelation with which to steer the ship of life.

Life, discerned spiritually, is splendidly worth living. Regarded materially, life is neither secure nor satisfying.

Christian Scientists know that man, the image and likeness of God, has no creative intelligence of his own, because intelligence is inherent in God, the creative Mind. "Intelligence," says Mary Baker Eddy in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.

Jerusalem is no match for Shechem in fertility or convenience of site. The whole plateau stands aloof, waterless, on the road to nowhere.

Altogether , Jerusalem covered, at its greatest, about three hundred acres. As of old there were still the same narrow streets in the business quarters; but in close contiguity to bazaars and shops rose stately mansions of wealthy merchants, and palaces of princes.