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THERE can be no greater test of true Christliness, as understood in Christian Science, than the ability to forgive and expunge from memory all injuries and wrongs received from others, whether these injuries and wrongs have been committed intentionally or unintentionally. Christ Jesus made clear the meaning of forgiveness when, in response to Peter's question, "How oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him?" he said, "Until seventy times seven.

WE are all familiar with the Bible story of the escape of the Israelites from Egypt in which it is related that Pharaoh, who had reluctantly permitted them to go, soon regretted his action and pursued them. When the news was flashed through the ranks of the Israelites that Pharaoh's well-organized army was pursuing them, it may be imagined that they expressed confusion and fright, rushing to and fro and spreading the mesmerism of fear.

WE should ask God for an understanding of His demands. Until better instructed, we demand material things.

THERE were pious men before Jeremiah, but the long drawn out struggle of his life revealed piety more than ever before. Very different judgments have been passed on his natural character.

JEREMIAH'S message made him to be hated of all men. Prophets, priests, and people looked with abhorrence upon the man who could speak thus of his country and its holy city.

ONE of Mrs. Eddy's brothers was Albert Baker.

A VISITOR attending a Wednesday evening meeting in a Christian Science church for the first time was impressed by the dignity, the poise, the alertness of the ushers. Previously he had mistakenly associated dignity with stiffness, unapproachableness, and lack of joy; but in observing the calm, orderly actions of the ushers as they graciously and courteously greeted the people, he saw dignity in an entirely new light.

THE problem of supply has confronted mankind ever since the sentence was pronounced upon Adam that he should earn his livelihood by the sweat of his brow. The setting has changed somewhat from the time of Adam to the twentieth century, but material belief still maintains that man is separated from God; that he is subject to the material laws of birth, growth, maturity, and decay, and that during these phases of experience he may continually fail to receive much that he deems needful for his comfort and welfare.

THE Decalogue, as revealed to Moses on Mount Sinai, sets forth in the second commandment this farreaching and vital law: "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them. " The statements following these words show the results of iniquity, and also give assurance of God's mercy to all who love Him and keep His commandments.

HUMANITY is today recognizing its need of a religion that does the works which it instinctively recognizes religion should do. In recent years there has been a great awakening to the fundamental fact that religion must prove its worth through works of healing, for these are much more important than mere preaching.