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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.

ON page 297 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, has written, "Until belief becomes faith, and faith becomes spiritual understanding, human thought has little relation to the actual or divine.

A PARTY making a journey by motor bus traveled all one foggy night through the mountains of one of the eastern states of America, the highway winding around very steep grades, with heavy timber on either side of the road. The fog was so dense that the lights of the car seemed to shine against a gray wall.

MANY beautiful experiences have come to students of Christian Science as the result of allegiance to its Cause. New friendships have been formed, homes made happy, financial conditions improved, better concepts of health gained; and fetters of varying forms of false belief or superstition have been loosened.

JESUS' healing of the man blind from his birth must have made a deep impression on at least one of the disciples, for John has recorded it in detail in the ninth chapter of his Gospel. But the question which the disciples asked Jesus showed that they had glimpsed but faintly the truth about God and man.

IN the third chapter of Ecclesiastes the Preacher says, "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose. " He illustrates this by enumerating antithetical situations, among which we find "a time to keep silence, and a time to speak.

IN the first chapter of his second epistle, Peter refers to the "exceeding great and precious promises" of God. Though the Bible indeed abounds in these promises, mankind has come to entertain a skeptical attitude towards them.

IN Job we read, "And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them. " This verse has a wonderful significance when read in connection with the definition of "wind" on page 597 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," where Mary Baker Eddy has written, in part, "That which indicates the might of omnipotence and the movements of God's spiritual government, encompassing all things.