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AN underlying attraction of worthwhile things is simplicity, the inherent charm and beauty of which appeals legitimately to thought. The influence and strength of that which is tangible and secure is largely based upon simplicity.

ONE of the many interesting signs of these interesting and changing times is the evident stir going on in the consciousness of youth, observable in its struggle to express its high hopes, to define them to itself and to the world, and to translate them into achievement. This stir is manifesting itself in the organizing of the activities of youth in many lands and in many forms.

WITH Christ Jesus buried in the tomb, the aim of materiality seemingly had been accomplished, and to those who, mocking and rejecting the spiritual idea, had crucified its human representative, the spiritual teachings of the great Master undoubtedly appeared a failure. Few in those days saw beyond the evidence of the senses and understood what really took place in the tomb.

THE Sermon on the Mount includes commands which must eventually be obeyed by every individual. Speaking as the messenger of God, Jesus voices with impressive simplicity the divine command, "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.

THE idea of God entertained by most people before they find the light in Christian Science, is either entirely vague or an indefinable concept of a magnified man, with the attributes of so-called mortal mind. On page 465 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mrs.

DOMINION being God-bestowed, it is our spiritual and inalienable right and duty to exercise it, claiming freedom from material beliefs and influences which would hold us in bondage. Nothing, perhaps, is more reassuring and satisfying than the correct sense of dominion.

THE problem of lack is so worldwide that the Christian Scientist needs to do some clear, constructive thinking about it. Money claims, through its absence, to bring about conditions of poverty and limitation; whereas, scientifically speaking, the real man always has abundance.

Although the word "trial" in its original sense does not indicate such a signification, in one of its meanings it has become synonymous with "suffering. " In the epistle of James we find "tried" coordinated with "endureth temptation;" and in the same chapter we read, "God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man.

A CERTAIN strong proof of the healing power of Truth, without treatment being asked or given, brought to the writer a clearer vision of the way in which Truth establishes its own activity when the personal element or thought is subordinated to it. It also aroused various questions as to why healing in some cases is not more quickly brought about.

" Few there are who comprehend what Christian Science means by the word reflection ," says Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, in her article "One Cause and Effect" in "Miscellaneous Writings" ( p. 23 ).