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AN increasing recognition that the elements of war are to be found primarily in the mental attitude of the people has spread rapidly over the world in the last few years. The increasing emphasis on the need for good will is particularly gratifying to the Christian Scientist, for from his experience in healing sickness he knows that when discord is seen as an error of mortal mind a long step has been taken toward supplanting it with the harmony which proceeds from divine Mind.

THE divine command given through Moses to the children of Israel, when they were preparing to cross the Jordan and to enter the land of Canaan, reads in part, "When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan; then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places. " Moses knew that even though they drove out or destroyed all the inhabitants, but left their pictures, idols, and altars, these would corrupt the Israelites and their progeny.

FROM the time that the healing works of the Christian religion ceased to be accomplished until the discovery of Christian Science by Mary Baker Eddy the term "law" appears to have been given scant consideration in connection with the worship of God. Law had been more generally considered in its so-called material aspect.

IN the tenth chapter of Matthew are to be found these words:"And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. " Until rightly understood this saying of the Master may seem to differ widely from the tender compassion usually expressed in his teaching.

STRANGE , indeed, when viewed from the standpoint of human knowledge, seems the prophecy contained in the eleventh chapter of Isaiah which reads, "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. " Types more different than these, the one from the other, could hardly have been mentioned; but as we learn through the teachings of Christian Science to resolve "things into thoughts" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, p.

IT is recorded in the eighth chapter of the book of Acts that immediately following the martyrdom of Stephen there was a great persecution of the Christians in the city of Jerusalem. Many of these followers of the Christ became scattered abroad.

OUR beloved Master, Christ Jesus, at the age of twelve years,in his first recorded utterance stated in words unmistakable what he understood to be the purpose of his life. Having listened to the doctors, and asked them questions and astounded them by his understanding, he was reproved by his mother for the sorrow he had caused her and Joseph.

AT the beginning of his public ministry Jesus was confronted with the problem of presenting his understanding of the realm of heavenly harmony to a people who had lost their political independence, and who were intensely anxious to regain it. They entertained a localized and circumscribed concept of this kingdom.

CONCERNING an outstanding character of the Old Testament Mrs. Eddy writes in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures"(p.

IN the book of Isaiah there is an ancient definition of the service required by God, presented to those who believed that by ceremonials, such as fasting, and making themselves unhappy, men find grace in the sight of Him whom they worship. The prophet, as a messenger of God, said that "to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free," was the true way in which to bring themselves into favor with Deity.