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"BRING ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. " A ringing challenge and loving command are definitely set forth in this Bible passage, and an equally definite promise of reward.

THE term "shepherd" is used in the Gospels to denote the tender care and protecting love which Christ Jesus evidenced for his followers. In the ninth chapter of John is an account of the healing by Christ Jesus of the man blind from birth.

AMOS had a keen sense of justice, and rightly transfers this attribute to Jehovah, but he had not that wonderful intuition of the milder side of the divine nature which we find in Hosea. Amos thinks of Jehovah as the king of Israel and her judge; Hosea as her Husband and her Father.

CONCERNING Hosea's occupation and social standing, we are able only to draw inferences of a more or less uncertain character. Was he a member of the prophetic society? Nothing is to be found which would point in this direction.

IN Isaiah and Hosea the loving-kindness of Jehovah finds outward expression in language of the tenderest affection. Jehovah proffers the fullest forgiveness to His sinful people; He invites them to return to Him from whom they have revolted; and waits patiently that He may have mercy upon them.

THE many pictures of Mrs. Eddy portray her external appearance at particular moments during her more than eighty-nine years.

IF home conditions are not idealistic, they should become so through the application of Christian Science. We may not accomplish this work in a day or a year, but it can and will be achieved as we unselfishly desire it and keep always before us the standard of perfection.

THE Christian Scientist understands that man reflects God, divine Mind; and he is learning to accept the truth which reveals his own limitless spiritual capacity. He is learning, too, that naught but good exists, and that evil has no reality, life, or power; for God is infinite good, and is eternally expressing His perfect qualities through man.

WHEN Truth has been revealed to us through the teachings of Christian Science, we must of necessity start out again, as into a new world; but we do not immediately realize the immense difference between God's ways and the ways of mortals. We may find, as one student did, that we work busily and to the best of our ability for some time before realizing our need for a further and clearer understanding of the meaning of Church.

HOW we all love the heavenly qualities which Christ Jesus consistently manifested towards all while fulfilling his earthly mission! How replete with holy inspiration and joyous emancipation are the Biblical accounts of the Master's appearing among men! He never left an inharmonious situation or condition the same as he found it. Those who discerned the Christ as the real, spiritual selfhood of Jesus, found the world more beautiful, and a better place to live in, after they met the Saviour.