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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.

THE goal of all Christian religious organizations presumably being universal salvation, it is unfortunate that they do not agree upon the correct method of procedure in this laudable purpose. The variance is, of course, due to the many creeds and dogmas, as well as to the different beliefs regarding what constitutes salvation.

ON the first page of the Preface to the textbook on Christian Science, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mrs. Eddy writes, "The time for thinkers has come.

IN a world where materialism in all its forms is aggressive, where, in human belief, the suggestions of evil are rife, where the evidences of want and woe and sin are ever at hand, the Christian Scientist finds his shield against these trials and his shelter from these temptations in the knowledge of the truth which Christian Science brings to him. This understanding of Truth must be sustained in his thinking.

THE subject of prayer is one that is very dear to us as students of Christian Science, because through its teachings we have learned in some degree to pray the prayer of understanding. A study of the writings of Mary Baker Eddy gives us a comprehensive grasp of this essential part of the theology of Christian Science.

EXPERIENCED Christian Scientists, accustomed to working out the various problems of daily life with the truth as taught in Christian Science, are well aware of the great importance of metaphysical work done in preparation for meeting the material phases of human experience. They know that the successful outcome of any work is based on the effectiveness of this metaphysical work.

ALL through the ages men have found inspiration and comfort in the beautiful words of Isaiah, "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. " But beautiful and comforting as these words have always been to the weary ones, it is only in the light of Christian Science that their full and active significance dawns upon the reader, and the special meaning of the word "wait" begins to unfold.

THE phrase "singleness of purpose" carries within itself a demand and an inspiration. It speaks of weights laid aside, and of a turning away from the sins which "so easily beset us" to purely spiritual ends worthy of many material sacrifices.