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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.

WHEN Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, and the author of its textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," penned her remarkable definition of man beginning on page 475  of that work, she gave to the world the most scientifically analytical and complete statement ever made regarding man. Previous efforts to find an intelligent answer to the query "What is man?" had been based upon a material premise, upon the supposition that the human body with its seemingly real organs, functions, actions, and reactions, is to be deemed the whole or the chief part of man.

CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS are familiar with Mrs. Eddy's definition of "Church" ( Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p.

CHRIST JESUS, the great Way-shower, once said, "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. " Many have long puzzled over the meaning of his words, and have not yet reached a satisfactory explanation.

STUDENTS of Christian Science gain much peace and comfort, as well as freedom, from proving for themselves the promise expressed by Mrs. Eddy in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.