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IN human affairs covenants or contracts arise from the need for an established, definite procedure in the attaining to a particular result, and the agreement continues in force until the end in view has been reached. In order to insure results and the favorable outcome of the undertaking in question, the duties, rights, and tasks of each individual concerned are exactly designated and defined; and the participants by affixing their signatures acknowledge their acceptance of the terms of the covenant and the obligations devolving upon them.

" ENTER into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. " "Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS may be grateful indeed that the right sense of work is becoming more apparent, and also that they are seeing the need of continuing "the first works" referred to in the Revelation of St. John, the active interest in and demonstration of spiritual power.

THE likeness that will never fade is that of man in the image and likeness of God. Whenever this true image is recognized, the unchangeable concept of man begins to be established in consciousness.

ETERNAL life was demonstrated by Christ Jesus as the divine consummation of his ministry, and the possibility of its present attainment is frequently mentioned in the New Testament. For example, in the Gospel by John we find the assurance that those who believe in the Christ "have eternal life.

JESUS the Christ came to teach that God, our Father, is divine, infinite Love, the one Mind, in which all good is resident, and to show us how to reflect Love, so that we may bring good into visible expression in our daily experiences. It is only material belief, ignorance of God as Love, that blinds us to ever present good.

IT has been tersely put, "Conquest pursues, where courage leads the way. " How necessary it is at all times to equip one's self with courage, the more efficaciously to meet the arguments of fear and lack so common to mankind.

WE hear much these days about getting a position, or holding a position, and many seem to be either striving for a good material position, or rejoicing because they have one, or fearing that they may lose it. The world has been in the habit of thinking that position is entirely material, and that there is no other kind of position to be sought for.

IN the realm of religious teaching the unity of a fact with its evidence is a requirement which permits of no substitutions or exceptions. A teacher imparts only what he possesses of belief or knowledge about the subject under consideration.

THE efficacy of gratitude in solving the problem of supply was demonstrated in the following experience. A young student of Christian Science had become a member of a Christian Science branch church and, convinced that the organization in its every function was sacredly dedicated to healing, formed the habit of listening attentively to every word spoken from the desk in order to miss none of the message and thus to participate, each Sunday and Wednesday, in what was conceived of as a divine service to mankind of consecrated thought and desire.