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OUTSIDE the northern wall of the temple area at Jerusalem may be found the remains of a basin supposed to have been the pool of Bethesda, beside whose waters Jesus healed a man who, it was said, had suffered from an infirmity for thirty-eight years. The circumstances connected with this healing are related in the fifth chapter of the Gospel of John, where it is stated that a great multitude of people, having divers diseases, were waiting at the pool for a periodical agitation of the waters, when, according to a generally accepted belief, an angel "troubled" the water, after which, whosoever first stepped into the pool was healed of whatsoever disease he might seem to manifest.

IN no way, perhaps, were the wisdom and tenderness of Christ Jesus more apparent than in his methods as a teacher. Gently, by precept and proof, by parable and example, he revealed to his disciples the truth about God and man.

June 9, 1930 The Christian Science Board of Directors 206 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, Massachusetts Dear Friends: Deeply do we thank you for your brave, faithful, consecrated service to that Cause which our Leader describes( Miscellaneous Writings, p. 177 ) as "the greatest and holiest of all causes.

IN the first epistle of John we read, "God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

WHILE it has been affirmed again and again that the spiritually-minded should also be the joyfully-minded,—and undoubtedly many have proved and are proving this at times,—there appears to remain almost unrecognized in dark corners of the human heart a strain of resistance to the manifestation of joy and happiness gained through spiritual understanding. Christian Science teaches that all good comes from God, that God is Mind and Love, and that man is the full and perfect expression of Mind; and this satisfying and true sense of God, coming to our age, has lifted thousands out of despair and disease into happiness, health, and security.

WEBSTER defines "civilization" in part as "relative advancement in social culture. " The controversy of the age is between the belief that human knowledge in its various forms—in other words, intellect—can solve all human problems, and the understanding of the divine fact that God, Spirit, intelligence, has already done all, and that His creation has only to be understood and demonstrated.

THERE is probably no subject engrossing the attention of humanity more, or one upon which it bestows more consideration, than the problem of employment and unemployment. Relative to this question there seem to be two phases of belief: on the one hand, there is dissatisfaction with present employment, and on the other, inability to procure employment.

AN inventor creates nothing; he only utilizes natural laws, so called, which have ever been at hand, but not previously understood. Human unfoldment and progress are thus dependent upon the recognition and application of such laws.

STUDENTS of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," cannot fail to note that Mrs. Eddy frequently emphasizes the necessity for forming perfect thought-models, in order that one may progress in the way of righteousness.

GOD made man in His image and likeness, we are told in the first chapter of Genesis . Paul says of man: "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ.