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"Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. " This message from the Psalmist came to a student of Christian Science at what appeared to be a very dark hour: fear and discouragement seemed almost overwhelming.

" The time for thinkers has come," states Mrs. Eddy in the Preface to "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.

To anyone there may come the belief of loneliness or separation, or a feeling of being misunderstood or misjudged, or of having little in common mentally with those with whom one is associated either in business or socially, or of seeing friends and loved ones unfaithful or going far away, or of having to fight a hard battle for right, health, or supply. Then is the time to get away from self-pity and give deep thought to the successful overcoming by others of what appeared to be more formidable difficulties, and to consider how their victories were won, in order to apply to our own problems the right method of conquest.

Across the pages of the Bible a great host of men and women has passed. But the majority have been lost in the colorful background they present, against which, however, has been portrayed a lesser number of strong and impressive characters, whose words and works are with us to this day.

The Mosaic law taught, "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour;" and in the book of the prophet Isaiah it is written, "Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord. " To bear false witness is to voice a lie; or, to go back farther, it is to think a lie, to allow a false belief to enter our consciousness.

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.