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MRS. EDDY , the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, writes on page 296 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures": "Progress is born of experience.

THE Bible has but little to say about despair: the word appears only three times in the whole book. But Holy Writ has indeed much to say about hope.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE not only presents an understanding of God, man, and the universe, but also the way of obtaining this understanding. In defining the universe in terms of spiritual truth, Mrs.

THE shepherds near Bethlehem were keeping watch over their flocks by night when they heard the joyful message of peace and good will. The Wise-men were watching the movements of the heavenly bodies for propitious signs when the star led them to the young child in Bethlehem.

ALL that is of the nature of blessing must come from God, divine Mind, and, consequently, must be mentally received. Moses understood this fact when he spoke about the laws of God: he recognized that these directions were given us "for our good always;" and acknowledging his own position as lawgiver, he spoke of the divine requirement that men should walk in divine ways, love God with all the heart, and "keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good.

IN the Christian Science textbook, " Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 241) , Mrs.

WHEN the beloved disciple wrote, "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love," he may have recalled many memorable occasions when his dear Master met and overcame fear with perfect unfaltering love.

THE order of services in The Mother Church and in all branch Churches of Christ, Scientist, is given in the Manual of The Mother Church by Mary Baker Eddy, and is generally adhered to by all recognized Christian Science churches and societies throughout the world. The usually large attendance and the earnest attitude of the worshipers in Christian Science church edifices are facts which markedly impress the public.

THE search for spiritual understanding has brought to the world gleams of divine Love throughout the centuries, and we of to-day are blessed by the work of every reformer the world has ever known. A poet has said, "That all of good the past hath had Remains to make our own time glad.

EVERYONE who takes up the study of Christian Science in earnest is soon made aware that he must make a new beginning with his purposes and modes of thought. Self-love naturally rebels, and urges that the course of safety and wisdom is to leave former beliefs undisturbed.