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Limitation is a belief in an existence apart from God, Spirit, a belief that Spirit's supposed opposite, matter, has intelligence, substance, life, and that it can give, or withhold, something essential to health, happiness, and well-being. Limitation is put off and true substance appears in proportion as we seek the eternal facts of being and conform our thoughts and efforts to the demonstration of divine Principle.

In the sixth chapter of Genesis we are told that the wickedness of mankind was great and would bring about its destruction, but that "Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

The book of Proverbs teems with admonitions to the children of men, admonitions which are clear and definite. These timely warnings are to those who fail in gaining wisdom and understanding; to those who scorn reproof and correction, or shun obedience to constituted authority; to those who act and speak foolishly, or lightly esteem righteousness, honesty, and discretion.

The common problem which confronts each student of Christian Science is that of distinguishing between the real and the unreal, and of so clearly affirming the truth that its self-denominated opposite will no longer present to his thought even a semblance of reality. The solution of this universal problem is available to all.

Christian Scientists always experience a sense of joy and gratification when they read the Annual Report of The Mother Church showing the progress of our Cause as indicated, partly, by the increase in the number of churches and societies throughout the field. Many participated in the triumph as the original edifice of The Mother Church, despite the onslaughts of mortal mind, was completed, a symbol of "the structure of Truth and Love" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, p.

" Behold , I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. " This inspiring and beautiful promise from the third chapter of Revelation has been most vividly portrayed in Holman Hunt's picture "The Light of the World.

Perhaps no more important utterance has ever reached mankind than Mary Baker Eddy's statement that matter is mythology. (See "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," page 591.

The Manual of The Mother Church, by Mary Baker Eddy, which is largely a collection of By–Laws, is an essential part of divine revelation. A by-law is a special law.

When the student of Mary Baker Eddy's teachings gratefully considers the wonderful inheritance left to him in Christian Science, his gratitude would be signally incomplete did it not include the individual whom God used as His instrument in our day to make divine healing readily understandable and practically applicable. In a definite sense we inherit the lasting good accomplished and the knowledge transmitted by our human predecessors; that is, we may avail ourselves of the results of their learning and work, so far as these manifest the quality of permanency; but we are most indebted to those who have contributed to the world's advancement spiritual thought and teaching.

THE book of Ruth is well beloved of Bible students for the lessons it teaches of unselfishness, loyalty, gentleness, tenderness, humility, patience, and gratitude — qualities that were expressed in such generous measure by this Moabitess and her mother-in-law, Naomi. In thoughtfully studying the record that its lessons might be applied to present-day needs, one student realized that because Ruth's consciousness was so filled with love, this divine quality was reflected in her surroundings soon after she had suffered a grievous human experience.