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IN " Rudimental Divine Science" (p. 1) Mary Baker Eddy answers the question, "How would you define Christian Science?" as follows: "As the law of God, the law of good, interpreting and demonstrating the divine Principle and rule of universal harmony.

IT would seem that the student of Christian Science, in his endeavor to understand the Christ-idea, has first to look beyond the personal Jesus of Nazareth to the God-presence which Jesus so fully expressed. He must distinguish between the son of Mary and the Christ, Truth, which possessed the Master as sunlight floods through a window-pane.

IN his messages to the early Christian churches Paul frequently refers to the spiritual quality of grace; and a study of the passages containing this word reveals a wealth of spiritual truth. He refers to the grace of God as bringing salvation.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE is a panacea for all business ills, as well as all physical ills. A sick business, like a sick body, is the result of wrong thinking, and is many times the foundation of much discord.

THE beginner in the study of Christian Science usually quickly learns that a mistaken concept of self has brought much apparent suffering into his experience. He likewise learns that he has both consciously and unconsciously submitted to a belief in a cause and a power apart from God.

DEEP significance attaches to the announcement heard in Christian Science churches at every Wednesday evening meeting: "This meeting is now open for 'experiences, testimonies, and remarks on Christian Science'" ( see Church Manual, p. 122 ).

PONDERING the meaning of words familiar to the ear, thought at times catches the light of understanding and, rising on the wings of inspiration, gains vivid pictures of events long past. Thus we may learn valuable lessons from the Biblical records of early struggles that led to a better knowledge of God.

THAT God is the sole creator of the universe, including man; the supreme intelligence governing all that is real; infinite Mind; and that man is God's image and likeness, is learned through study of the first chapter of Genesis. These facts are of primal importance to the practical Christian of to-day.

" BLESSED are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. " What a marvelous promise this beatitude contains! What a wonderful vista of possibilities opens before one's mental vision when one thoughtfully ponders the statement! To see God! To see Truth, Life, and Love! So clearly to see Truth that instantaneously all the dark mists of sin, sickness, sorrow, and pain will disappear; so clearly to see Life as universal and omnipotent that death will flee away as rapidly as darkness before light; so clearly to see Love triumphant in all its divine radiance and glory that hate with all its evil companions will drop into oblivion, and the brotherhood of man appear in all its primeval harmony! Surely, here is a hope so infinite and a reward so sublime that it is worth striving for to the uttermost.

THAT must have been a tense moment in the valley of Elah, when the shepherd boy David went forth to accept the challenge of the giant of Gath; especially as there was "no sword in the hand of David. " The contest seemed so unequal that exultation on the one hand and dismay on the other probably held sway over the opposing hosts met in battle array; and when the issue was determined so quickly, so completely, and so triumphantly, "the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted"! In some degree the thrill of that hour has extended throughout all the succeeding years.