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THE Mother Church and its activities—the authorized activities of the Christian Science movement —form a complete whole, which adequately meets the needs of all who desire to understand and demonstrate the truth about God and man. By authorized activities we mean those coming within the scope of Mary Baker Eddy's known or recorded instructions.

TOWARDS the close of the last century Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, wrote these revolutionary and prophetic words ( Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 170 ): "Spiritual causation is the one question to be considered, for more than all others spiritual causation relates to human progress.

GRATITUDE helps to break the dream of unreality. It does so because it permeates human consciousness with selflessness and joyously acknowledges that God is All-in-all, that all real being is therefore like God, good, and that the qualities of good constitute the fullness and completeness of man.

IN her writings Mrs. Eddy says much about Love, a term which, in accord with the Scriptures, she uses as a synonym for God.

THE rules of mathematics remain unchanged, regardless of any mistake that may be made in applying them. It is human ignorance which deprives men of the solution of their daily problems.

WHEN the Christian Scientist is tempted to parley with the everintruding argument that a material universe, entirely apart from God's perfect spiritual creation, is functioning in disturbed and discordant fashion, it is wise to renew one's inspiration by earnest consideration of basic spiritual facts. There is never a moment when one need give heed to such a suggestion, unless one deliberately chooses to assign it temporary foothold in one's consciousness.

AS Christian Scientists we know that the solving of a problem involves the making of a demonstration. And the correct result, or the demonstration, depends, of course, upon a correct analysis and solution of the problem.

TO one of an orderly, law-abiding nature definite rules of procedure from an accepted, authoritative source are restful and comforting. Students of music and of mathematics do not find definite rules to be restrictive or irksome in the work which they have chosen.

IN a figure of speech Christ Jesus spoke of "the bread which cometh down from heaven. " This expression, with slight variations, may be found several times in the sixth chapter of John's Gospel.

A SHORT time ago two men were talking on the subject of astrology, and the supposed influence of the planets on individual lives, prospects, and destinies. One of these men said to his friend: "You were born under the planet Venus.