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THROUGH the blackness and the silence of the night the clear, sweet song of the sedge warbler may be heard. His instant song bursts forth in joyous ecstasy.

ALTHOUGH the majority of persons believe that existence continues after what is called death, comparatively few believe they have lived before birth; yet nothing is more conclusive than Mrs. Eddy's statement, on page 429 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures": "If man did not exist before the material organization began, he could not exist after the body is disintegrated.

A WELL-KNOWN writer once characterized time in these words: "Time, the foe of man's dominion. " So long as mortal mind is believed to exercise its illegitimate prerogative of measuring, weighing, outlining, and limiting all things, humanity may seem to be cheated of opportunity and defeated in achievement; for this fallacy will continue to rob mankind until its false representations are challenged and their annihilation is begun.

NOT all prayers are answered. When, for example, one asks for some specific thing, such as the appointment to a certain position of trust or the success of a particular business venture, he may be asking amiss, and it might not be well either for him or for the community to have the petition granted.

O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!" sang the Psalmist. Continuing, he asked concerning the nature of man, "What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?" and summarized the real man's character and being thus: "Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet.

In his injunction to the Thessalonians, "Pray without ceasing," Paul made no reservations. He evidently looked upon it as a rule of conduct to be observed at all times and under all conditions.

" Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. " Many times since Christ Jesus uttered these words have they brought a measure of rest and comfort to humanity in time of need, as have also the following words written centuries later by Mary Baker Eddy in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p.

The Bible assures us that God created man in His image and likeness. Mankind, generally, has given little consideration to the thought of man as the image and likeness of God—of man as reflection.

There is much to be done to heal a torn and frightened world concerning the question of its maintenance. Many people are afraid that they will not be rightly maintained, and are struggling with what they call the grim reality of this fear.

In The Christian Science Monitor there appears each day a sketch of a sundial standing just inside the walls of an old-fashioned garden. The sketch with its caption "I Record only the Sunny Hours" is indicative of the subject matter immediately below it, for the incidents that are day by day related there are short records of kindly deeds—deeds of sacrifice, of Christian service, of unselfed love, of spontaneous courtesy, of loving consideration, in short, deeds which are fraught with Love's amenities.