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The true inward joy to be experienced through the study and application of the truth, as revealed and operative in Christian Science, arises from the fact that the student is thereby working out his salvation. He knows this to be true.

When the Apostle Paul preached at Corinth, a luxurious and profligate city, his exposition of the new doctrine of the Messiah was not kindly received by the Jews. On the contrary, it resulted in his expulsion from the synagogue.

Our Master silenced the accusations of the multitude on a certain occasion when they questioned why he mingled with sinners, by answering, "They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick. " It is plain that Jesus implied a lack of something in the lives of those he sought to save, since to be "whole" means to be complete, lacking in nothing.

The life of Jacob is fraught with many lessons for the ages. The history of this grand old patriarch, as found in Genesis, is a great one; and many and varied are the experiences therein related.

In a Christian Science service the invitation of a near-by church was read announcing the dedication of a branch church in that city. The following words were included in the announcement: "No Christian Science church is dedicated until free from debt.

When Mrs. Eddy writes in "Miscellaneous Writings" ( p.

Faced as we are with many evidences of progress in the liberation of human thought from limiting traditions and beliefs, especially in the conquest of distance on the seas and in the air, we may well ask ourselves: Are we accepting as much liberation in the spiritual realm as in the physical? Are we freely investigating and accepting the revelations of Truth vouchsafed to the present age, which promise to unshackle the human mind from the bondage imposed by theoretical teachings concerning life, health, education, and progress? Gladstone once said that the prolonged keynote of civilization is found in the two words, "Unhand me!" Now that it is possible for the right thinker to "unhand" himself, we might very profitable apply this keynote to the long-accepted and insidious belief, based largely on the traditions of the elders, that death is inevitable. Throughout the ages this materrial experience has been held to be unavoidable; and to the limited human senses, conscious only of their own phenomena, the demand for its fulfillment seems to be imperative.

In the book of Proverbs we read, "Where there is no vision, the people perish. " The Bible is replete with messages regarding the need of vision.

It is with a deep sense of gratitude for their textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, that Christian Science students sing the words of a loved hymn: "Holy Bible! book divine! Precious treasure! thou art mine: Mine to tell me whence I came; Mine to tell me what I am. " For was not this "book divine," the Bible, practically closed to them until the textbook, proving itself a veritable "key" to the Scriptures, unlocked the treasures of Truth therein, and they found comfort and healing in its pages? In sharp contrast to the awakened interest in the Scriptures that Christian Science inspires, one notes with wonder the attitude of many people to-day regarding these same Scriptures, and marvels to see them regarded as chiefly historical records, and of no practical use in daily life, or, what is worse, even openly disbelieved.

When the first joy of release from disease or mental suffering comes to us, bringing with it a sudden perception of the potentialities of Christian Science, we feel assured that never again can we be utterly cast down. But as the days go by this happy exaltation may seem to dim, and the conditions which have long been grievous in our human experience may once more claim our attention.