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FROM studying the varied features and expressions of those we meet on our daily round we can easily appreciate how thought molds and fashions the body. Here we may see a face sweet and gentle, yet perhaps it speaks of grief or sadness.

A PARAMOUNT concern of every right-minded person should be that of character development. One may read the biographies of noble men and women, listen to lectures that inspire with wisdom, be appreciative of the best in art and literature, enjoy the society of those who are stimulated by the same purpose —these various pursuits constitute human aids to right endeavor, and provide inspiration for it.

" NOW therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God. " In the world there are many millions of people of many nationalities and types, but in reality the real selves of all of them are members of "the household of God.

THE strength of the Christian Science movement rests in large measure on the fact that it appeals to the deepest and most enduring loyalties of which mankind is capable. These loyalties, superlatively exemplified in the life of our Leader, made it inevitable that she should found The Mother Church, that her work might be continued.

" IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High. " So sang the Psalmist long, long ago; and today, as we read his words, filled with vitality, we are inspired to look up and rejoice, and to turn away from anxiety and fear.

A VISITOR to Pleasant View in Concord, New Hampshire, was much impressed with the outlook from the rear verandas. It was springtime and in the near foreground was the beautiful garden, beyond which a few cattle were peacefully grazing; while in the distance, beyond woodland and meadows, stood the hills upon which Mrs.

THE remarkable changes going on in what may be called the structure of human society are so sweeping that we can speak of a new era being ushered in. The average onlooker might, perhaps, consider this the result of evolution or of so-called fate beyond human knowledge.

IN "Miscellaneous Writings" ( p. 307 ) Mrs.

IN our human experiences we find it necessary daily, hourly, to make decisions as to what to do, and how and when to do it. Many times there are footsteps to be taken which require careful and prayerful consideration, that we may realize the Scriptural promise, "Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

THE beloved John records Jesus as having stated to his disciples, "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. " The Master did not leave them comfortless; he definitely promised that the Comforter should come.