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Built as a testimonial of gratitude for Christian Science and the power of its published word stands the new Christian Science Publishing House, an imposing structure erected during a period of excessive financial stringency. Thousands of Christian Scientists throughout the world welcomed the project as an added opportunity to prove the ever-availability of God's illimitable bounty.

It would seem that never before in the history of the world has there been a more widespread need for charity. The world-weary may think of charity in terms of food, clothing, necessary comforts of life; the worldly-wise may believe the giving of these things constitutes charity.

In Psalms we read, "The Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever. " In the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy writes ( p.

In the first three chapters of Revelation are very significant messages to the seven churches of Asia. Coupled with stern admonitions along definite lines, together with words of commendation, are earnest appeals to overcome unworthiness, to keep the word of Truth, to be obedient to the call of the Most High.

If we all knew that our health, our happiness, and our accomplishments are the products of our thoughts, rather than the result of heredity, environment, or opportunity, the mode and method of our thinking would be our chief concern. Yet, there is no divergence between such an assumption and the admission that thought is necessarily the forerunner or basis of all action.

A revolutionary period in a nation or in the world need not be feared; nor should an upheaval in religious beliefs tend to confuse thought and uproot the good already planted in human consciousness. That which is good in government or religion cannot be disestablished.

In the struggle of humanity towards a better understanding of life and of the problems relating thereto, much consideration has been given to the factor which we call time. Nearly every review of human growth and achievement resorts to the comparison of one position or state of humanity with another, near or remote from the events under consideration.

The early history of the Hebrew race shows it to have been spiritually receptive to the truth about God as the Father of man. Abraham glimpsed the Christ, Truth, and a close study of his life, as recorded in the Scriptures, shows the unfolding in his thought of a progressive understanding of God.

On that memorable occasion when Christ Jesus asked his disciples, "Whom say ye that I am?" Peter answered, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. " His reply was commended in these words: "Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

There is balm in Gilead. The Magna Charta of Christian Science, as it is understood and used, pours the healing balm upon the strife-torn earth.