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St. Peter is described as "a fisherman.

FOR years after her discovery of Christian Science in 1866, and after her first expressions of this religion in writing, Mary Baker Eddy was its only teacher. Then she began to commission her most promising students as teachers.

" Giving does not impoverish us in the service of our Maker, neither does withholding enrich us. " This remarkable statement, made by our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.

REFERENCES to wisdom in the Bible are numerous. Several words in the Greek and Hebrew are thus translated; and the Revised Version of the Bible renders the word "wisdom" sometimes as "discretion" and "understanding.

WHEN Edwin Markham said, "Nothing is worth the making if it does not make the man," he uttered a sentiment which should open thought to the definite question, "What is man?" Unless man is conceived of spiritually, we do not get the true answer; for the standards of human thought regarding man have as many interpretations as there are tongues, nations, or personalities. Perfect man, the idea of perfect God, is never found in matter.

IN the vision recorded in Revelation, St. John tells of many wonders that he beheld: "I saw," or "I looked.

HUMANITY in general, believing substance to be material, considers wealth to consist of an accumulation of material things or their equivalent in the form of money. As a consequence of this false belief in matter as having reality, power, and ability to bestow benefits, mortals have come to view and sanction the acquisitive motive and process, not only as normal and indispensable, but also as a dominant factor in human experience.

THE word "demonstration" is very frequently used in referring to the application of Christian Science. It is well, therefore, for the student to consider its meaning in order that his efforts may bring forth right results.

IN the rippled waters of the lake, the reflected trees looked like jumbled masses running into one another. Pondering over the picture, to glean a helpful lesson from it, a student of Christian Science reasoned thus: Is this apparent turmoil in the lake real? Is it actually happening? Instantly came the mental reply, Of course not! The soliloquy continued: But look! the green masses in the lake are trembling and jostling one another! surely you will not deny what your eyes are seeing? Then came the imperative thought, Look up! And as she did so she saw the original picture: here was no confused intermingling or jostling of jumbled masses.

HUMANITY is today deeply perplexed through the sudden and unexpected disappearance of what was called prosperity. There is hardly a man or a woman in the civilized world who is not feeling the effects of the much advertised depression, in reduction of income, in lessened or dislocated business, in unremunerative prices, or in unemployment; and nations feel it as much as individuals.