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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE finds us in the wilderness of material sense. A certain amount of suffering may have preceded the appearing to us of the truth.

THE sorrow which stirs Habakkuk's heart is not a national but a great world-sorrow; and .

THE book of Habakkuk, in spite of its limited extent, presents a combination of rather remarkable literary features. It comprises both a prophecy and a psalm, each of which displays striking qualities.

IN Mary Baker Eddy's published writings, she has related or briefly stated more than a few cases in which she demonstrated or practiced her teachings for the benefit of particular persons. See Science and Health 162:16 , 184:27 , 192:32 to 31 next page, 389:28 "Miscellaneous Writings" 69:14 , 242:19 ; "Retrospection and Introspection" 15:13 to IS next page, 40:4-20 ; "Pulpit and Press" 54:28 , 69:1-9 ; Message for 1901 17:11 ; "Unity of Good" 7:6-17 ; "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" 105:7 to 12 next page.

NEVER in the history of the world has such a quantity and variety of human philosophy and science, so called, been offered to those who are hungry and searching for a satisfactory plan of living. Is there not in this an echo of Job's cry, "Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!" And the answer is found in the words of Jesus, "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

THAT true existence is entirely apart from matter and beyond the recognition of the physical senses is one of the fundamental teachings of the Bible. Christ Jesus spoke of this state of being as the "kingdom of God," or "kingdom of heaven.

AND he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ. " Whatever vocation one may follow, the goal of success, as viewed in Christian Science, is reached only as each task is performed under divine direction and is made a step in spiritual unfoldment.

THROUGH the illusions of material sense it is not possible for mankind to achieve real happiness or peace. The limitations of matter fetter the mortal, and the uncertainties incidental to human experience are apt to render his life a ceaseless round of anxiety and fretting care.

IN the fourth chapter of his epistle to the Galatians, Paul makes this statement: "Thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. " Here Paul states a great fact.

ON page 448 of her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mrs. Eddy writes, "It is Christian Science to do right, and nothing short of right-doing has any claim to the name.