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JESUS taught a great deal in parables, and among those which are best known and best loved stands the parable of the sower who, with such varying results, cast generously his seed upon the ground. The sower performed his task, and the seed was perfect in quality and plentiful.

THE healing brought out in Christian Science is evidence that the individual healed is becoming acquainted with true Mind. The experience of healing is the beginning of a new relationship with Mind.

To-Day , as never before, humanity is longing for relief from the burdens of sin, disease, fear, and discouragement, and is searching for a way out of its difficulties. There is only one way out.

The Psalmist sounds a comforting note of reality when he says, "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. " We all have the privilege of utilizing this ever available help.

Mortals believe, until otherwise instructed by Christian Science, that the human race consists of many minds; that is, each mortal believes in a separate personality, a separate ego, which he claims as his own, and this ego is for him the center of the universe in which he moves. Most people are familiar with the teachings of Copernicus, and his follower Galileo who pointed out that instead of being the center of the universe, round which all the stellar system revolves, the earth is, comparatively speaking, but a small speck in illimitable space which would be scarcely noticeable if represented on a chart of the heavens.

In the final chapter of his epistle to the Ephesians, Paul pictures the Christian as a warrior, enumerating the martial habiliments of the soldier and using them as symbols of the spiritual weapons of offense and defense with which the soldiers in the army of God should be armed. This presentation of Christians as champions of the right finds echo in the inspiring hymn, "Onward, Christian soldiers.

What is the work of the Christian Scientist? A fair answer to this question might be summed up thus: To see God's ideas, His spiritual universe, as God knows them. The spiritual universe, including individual man, is perfect and eternal; and through Christian Science mortals have the joy of learning this great fact.

The intellectual and spiritual activities of Mary Baker Eddy have given her a permanent niche in the world's history. Neither ignorance, envy, nor hate can remove or destroy that landmark.

Joy is a natural accompaniment of acquaintance with good. Spiritualization of thought, gained through the understanding of God made possible in this age through the treasures of Truth revealed by Christian Science, brings joy and enrichment beyond compare.

One of the subtle besetting sins of mortal mind, so called, is self-righteousness, complacent satisfaction with one's self and consequent dissatisfaction with or criticism of one's neighbor. That criticism is more frequently destructive than constructive is soon evident to even the beginner in Christian Science.