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WHEN the writer first turned to Christian Science for help, in a time of great need, it was the practical nature of the teaching which struck her most forcibly and impelled her earnest attention. The vague hypotheses, the conflicting opinions, the varied doctrines of false theology, had long since changed her childhood's acceptance of what she was told in religious matters to doubt and unbelief.

WHEN church members are called upon to read in a Christian Science church or society, they strive to be responsive to God's infinite ability, and not to take upon themselves a false sense of responsibility. Perhaps one's first impulse on being asked to read is to question whether he will be able to read well enough before many people in public.

GOD governs His universe harmoniously, and maintains it in its perfection by means of unvarying law, thus meeting its every need every moment. It is our business so to clarify and purify our thought that we may be receptive to, recognize, and consciously express the harmony of God's government and provision in every activity of every day.

" IF ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. " A glorious promise, which has brought solace, inspiration, and joy to many a weary, heavy-laden heart! Its import is much enhanced in the light of the knowledge which the truth, as revealed by Christian Science, has made available.

THE worship of Deity has always been accompanied with the desire to please God, however crude and imperfect the concepts of Him. Christ Jesus taught and demonstrated the full and perfect understanding of God as Life and as divine Love.

IN the early days of Christianity simplicity characterized the lives of its followers. These had but one goal ahead of them, namely, that of establishing and making practical the teachings of their great Master.

THE Concordances to the writings of Mary Baker Eddy, Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, reveal an interesting number of instances in which she couples the thought of meekness and the thought of might. For example, in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" ( p.

MANY years ago there lived a saintly man, even the beloved disciple, John, whose principal theme was love. And because he greatly loved, opaqueness was not permitted to becloud his consciousness.

THE problem of lack is as old as human history. When Christ Jesus said, "Ye have the poor always with you," was he not recognizing a prevalent and accepted condition of mortal experience? And his words are equally true when their meaning is enlarged to include the sick, the sinful, the sorrowing, the dying.

"CHURCH," as "the structure of Truth and Love" ( Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 583 ), has existed throughout eternity as a complete idea in divine Mind.