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NOTHING of value is accomplished without a direct effort. This is especially true in our search for spiritual understanding.

ON one occasion, when speaking of events to come, Christ Jesus said, "And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled. " Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, writes in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.

HUMAN efforts have been made throughout all time to ban, or lessen, that which brings a troubled sense to the human consciousness. Truly the Science most valuable to mankind is the Science of Christ, or Christian Science, which enables humanity to free itself from the fears and troubles that beset mortal existence.

EACH day we hear from all sides of the great longing of most men for the abolishment of war and the permanent establishment of peace. The Christian Scientist heartily concurs in this aspiration and supports all right endeavor leading to this goal.

HEALING in Christian Science results uniformly from the realization of divine facts, a realization that dispels mortal illusions and replaces their seeming effects on human lives with humility, health, abundance, usefulness, unselfishness, and other elements of gloriously harmonious being. There is no law imposing a time lag upon such realization, as Christ Jesus amply demonstrated by his instantaneous cures.

IN the dim and distant past, a great spiritual fact dawned on the consciousness of a single individual of the human race, and then disappeared from the ken of mankind for long ages. This was the fact of pre-existence or the spiritual, eternal origin of man.

A Machine or any mechanical device which could not be easily regulated and controlled, or which frequently broke down or got out of order, would not be considered reliable or very valuable. A watch that either lost or gained time, or stopped entirely, would be of little use to a railroad engineer or an announcer in a radiocasting station.

In the Jewish canon the books of Ezra and Nehemiah originally constituted one book. It is the opinion of modern scholars that both books were put into their present form by one and the same editor.

Few characters in the Old Testament are more engaging than Nehemiah. Occupying a post of great influence, dignity, and attractiveness at the splendid Persian court, he had, nevertheless, a noble Jewish heart, which had often shown itself in acts of friendliness to Jews sold as slaves.

The story is told of an old grandfather's clock, the second hand of which one day suddenly stopped. Complaining that too much was required of it, the second hand lamented the millions of ticks it had had to indicate, never being permitted to stop.