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Man , the Bible teaches, is created "in the image of God," of Spirit. Manifestly, then, man is in reality spiritual.

When the Lord sent him on his mission to free the children of Israel from their Egyptian bondage, Moses said unto God: "Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?" And we read, "God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. " This mission of Moses, the obedient servant of God, was certainly a mission of love; for to free the Israelites from hard, unjust labor, in the midst of sin, idolatry, and estrangement from the true, living God, was seemingly a very difficult task, one that needed the inspiration of love under God's protecting care.

Any world-wide anniversary necessarily carries its own message, and it devolves on those who perpetuate the day to proclaim that message in its entirety, in its full, undivided form; and unless this is faithfully done, the returning period will lose something of its significance. Mankind knows many anniversaries, but there is one which overtops them all.

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.