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CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS are earnestly striving to prove the oneness of Mind in their every activity; yet because of their eager zeal for perfection they are, perhaps more than ever before, sorely tempted to be critical of their own and their neighbors' mistakes. Holding high standards in thought, they are often disappointed as they see men failing to measure up to these standards.

IN prayer the Christian Scientist listens for God's voice, willing to obey it. As the tumult of personal sense is hushed, he responds joyfully to the "Be thou healed!" of the Christ.

WE read that when Joshua, the leader of the children of Israel, "was by Jericho," he beheld a man "with his sword drawn in his hand. " Inquiring as to his purpose, Joshua learned that he was the "captain of the host of the Lord.

DIRECT and frank opposition to the truth is more easily detected, and thereby more readily counteracted, than are dilatory and hidden methods. Thus it is that the carnal mind's "enmity against God," to which St.

IN these tumultuous days when we read our daily newspapers and seem to see under our eyes the literal fulfillment of the tremendous prophecies contained in the twenty-first chapter of Luke and in the book of Revelation, when "men's hearts" are "failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth," it behooves the student of Christian Science to look persistently and closely into his thought, and to ask himself where he stands with regard to all these things. How, for instance, can he most effectively use his understanding of Christian Science to meet these tremendous happenings, to help his neighbor, his nation, and the world at large? It is a testing time for the individual; and much wisdom, as well as patience and courage, is required to keep heart and effort in the right way.

THE internal disorders of the realm depicted by Micah are also prominent in Isaiah's prophecies; they were closely connected, not only with the foreign complications due to the approach of the Assyrians, but also with the break-up of the old agrarian system within Israel, and with the rapid and uncompensated aggrandisement of the nobles during those prosperous years when the conquest of Edom by Amaziah and the occupation of the port of Elath by his son placed the lucrative trade between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea in the hands of the rulers of Judah. On the other hand, the democratic tone which distinguishes Micah from Isaiah is explained by the fact that Micah's home was not in the capital but in an insignificant country town.

  TO give him the comprehension of divine law expressed by the Ten Commandments, "the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount" ( Exodus 19:20 ). Likewise, the action of divine Principle lifted Mary Baker Eddy's comprehension above the level of human thought when she gained the spiritual understanding which is expressed as Christian Science.

MICAH, also written Micaiah, was perhaps the youngest of that remarkable group of prophets who fill up the period from Uzziah to Hezekiah. He is called "the Morasthite" (a native of Moresheth, a small town in the maritime plain near Gath), to distinguish him from the Micaiah who lived in the reign of Ahab.

WE are learning to sing with understanding the inspiring words of our beloved Leader's beautiful hymn entitled "Love" ( Miscellaneous Writings, p. 388 ; Poems, p.

IN the turbulence and distress of the world-thought, many individuals are searching for the light. They see there is a great need, but to those who continue to seek peace, contentment, and supply in matter, darkness and fear seem to loom up as insurmountable obstacles to progress.