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It is the sincere desire of the student of Christian Science to grow in the understanding and application of its teachings. With this desire he eagerly pursues the study of Mrs.

In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, writes ( pp. 476,477 ): "Jesus beheld in Science the perfect man, who appeared to him where sinning mortal man appears to mortals.

In his various letters to the churches the Apostle Paul had much to say about his brethren being "of one mind. " To the Romans he wrote, "Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

MANY have at some time been faced with the questions: Why should I die? Why should a useful life cease? How comforting is the Bible teaching that God does not desire one to die! In Ezekiel we read, "I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God;" and in Proverbs we are told, "In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death. " Death is unreal, the seeming result of a departure in belief from God's government.

AS we read and think over the great records of our Master's life in the light of Christian Science, we see that they are far more than the history of a sublime career which after a brief period passed beyond human view; for in them may be found the practical examples of the solving of problems common to all mankind, problems which sooner or later each one will have to solve. Every problem which came to his attention, Christ Jesus worked out swiftly and with precision.

MUCH is said these days about the difference between the youth of a generation ago and the young people of our time. The comparison is not always either a favorable or a happy one.

" And as we rise, the symbols disappear; The feast, though not the love, is passed and gone; The bread and wine remove, but Thou are here— Nearer than ever—still my Shield and Sun. " These words from the Christian Science Hymnal mean much to every student of Christian Science.

In revealing what true progress is and how it may be achieved, Christian Science has bestowed a great blessing upon mankind. In her work "Miscellaneous Writings" Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, has said ( p.

The first impression of Niagara Falls, that great semicircle of dashing waters, is of energy and power unconfined; yet the whirlpool rapids below the falls suggest pentup confusion. The river that had broadened out, swirling round a large island, suddenly plunges into a deep gorge, and the great mass of waters is forced, foaming and struggling, between high walls of rock.

Organization is as old as human society. That organization is a present necessity, no one can rationally deny.