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Membership in an Association of the pupils of a loyal teacher of Christian Science is a membership authorized and regulated by the Manual of The Mother Church, and therefore carries with it definite responsibility. Becoming a member of an Association follows immediately on class instruction, and is therefore entirely voluntary, since teachers of Christian Science are not permitted to "solicit, or cause or permit others to solicit, pupils for their classes" (Church Manual, Art.

Christian Science never demands of anyone more than he is able to practice. However overwhelming may seem the evidence before the material senses, there is a way out, even though to one's limited view this may appear impossible.

It has been claimed by opponents of prohibition, who seek to justify the use of intoxicating beverages, that Jesus approved the use of these in providing wine at the wedding feast in Cana of Galilee, as recorded in the second chapter of the Gospel of John. In the illumination which the understanding of Christian Science imparts, this miracle is inspiring and beautiful.

In the tenth chapter of the Gospel of Luke there is recorded a parable by Christ Jesus that has undoubtedly been the inspiration of many deeds of kindness of which the world has never heard, but which, nevertheless, have had an influence upon the lives of many. It will be remembered that when a certain lawyer sought the Master and asked what he should do to inherit eternal life, Jesus, after questioning him on the law and in reply to his further query, "Who is my neighbour?" related the parable of the good Samaritan, which all Christians have come to regard as an enduring example of unselfed love.

Love was better understood by Jesus than by any other; and this understanding enabled him to gain the victory over the so-called laws and superstitions of mortal mind. Love, as Jesus discerned it, was a vitalizing power, which manifested itself through right thought and action to meet every phase of human need.

In the long ago, according to the Scriptures, there was a blind man who, when he came in touch with the great Master, was wondrously healed. The astonished neighbors were unable to grasp the fact that he who had never before seen the light of day was now with open eyes.

The value of education, including the development of mind and character, is referred to strongly in many portions of the Scriptures, especially the education that leads to wisdom. Solomon chose wisdom when he was offered his choice of blessings, and the greatness of his reward is evidence of the divine estimate of the value of true wisdom.

THE human sense of life is limited by a tenacious belief in three distinct periods of existence—youth, manhood, and old age. Broadly speaking, the first is spent in hope, in looking forward; the second is too often filled with dissatisfaction that greater success and happiness do not materialize; and the third, in looking back to the mistakes of the past, in so-called repose, clouded by the regretful sense of having accomplished little or nothing of true worth.

IN the statement, "The battle is the Lord's," David ascribed all power to God; he gave all the credit to God. We must learn to take our human footsteps as David did, in accordance with divine Mind, not so-called mortal mind.

NEAR the brink of a giant waterfall, with the rapids surging round it, the writer observed a narrow strip of stones, on which grew three little bushes. Beyond, the wide expanse of water foamed and dashed towards them, like a stormy sea breaking on a rocky shore.