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THE story of Noah's ark presents many helpful and practical lessons to the student of Christian Science. As is well known, it tells of a state of wickedness and corruption in the earth, of a great flood that came and destroyed "all flesh," and of how Noah, being "a just man," was warned of God beforehand, and commanded to build and take refuge in an ark, and to remain there until the flood had ceased.

IN this age of rapid building and quickly changing methods, a tendency to slipshod, careless, and inaccurate work is apt to creep into the performance of one's daily tasks, even if one has a keen desire to do all things well. Error may argue that such a vast amount of work is expected and demanded of one each day that a perfect performance of it is impossible; that some new development to-morrow will undo today's work, so why strive to do it perfectly; or that certain portions of one's work are of no great consequence and need be done only in a manner that will "get by.

THE word "chasten" is defined, in part, in Webster's International Dictionary in the following words: "To purify from errors or faults; to refine. " On page 322 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs.

WHEN God calls there is no mistaking the nature of the message. It is always a call to something higher, to that better part of us that must give all for Christ.

ON page 445 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy are the following momentous words: "You render the divine law of healing obscure and void, when you weigh the human in the scale with the divine, or limit in any direction of thought the omnipresence and omnipotence of God. " There is a depth of meaning in this statement which stands out clear and practicable.

THE everyday activities of thousands of business and professional men and women center in their offices. City streets are bordered by hundreds of towering structures devoted solely or principally to offices, in which hundreds of thousands of workers are employed.

WHAT therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder," said Jesus. Like many another text in the Bible, of which we have been accustomed to accept only a literal interpretation, this one, in the light of Christian Science, becomes almost limitless in the scope of its application to human needs.

HOW does divine Love meet the human need? Mrs. Eddy has written in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.

WRITING in the last century, Horace Bushnell commented on human courage in these words: "There is a great and lofty virtue that we call courage, taking our name from the heart. It is the greatness of a great heart, the repose and confidence of a man whose soul is rested in truth and principle.

THE Scriptures set forth in unequivocal terms that dominion is man's legitimate heritage. Christian Science elucidates and confirms by practical demonstration the undeniable fact that dominion is God's gift to man as His son.