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A VISION of a snow-capped mountain once brought to a student of Christian Science a wonderful sense of the value of uplifted thought. The term "mountain" is used in Scripture to typify an exalted state of consciousness wherein spiritual vision is gained.

" THE effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much," says the Apostle James. To be effective, then, prayer must depend upon what may be termed its standpoint and quality.

WHAT may be termed "spiritual chemistry" is radical, going to the basis of thought. While material chemistry deals with elemental material substances, their combinations and their action on one another, spiritual chemistry has to do entirely with Truth acting on human thought through the Science of divine Mind.

FAITH in God seems to be sadly lacking in the ordinary round of everyday life. The world's calls seem peremptory; and he who listens to the demands of worldly pleasure and power cannot give his whole-hearted allegiance to God as All-in-all.

IN the first chapter of the fourth Gospel, the beloved disciple John says: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

IN the first chapter of Genesis it is recorded that God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. " The word "dominion" means sovereign authority; the power of ruling, governing, controlling; the right of absolute possession and use.

There are few things which have a greater appeal to mankind than the desire for freedom. The child, at a very early age, may often pit his little human will against that of constituted authority, known to him probably as the laws and regulations made by his parents and teachers.

The divine demand to be perfect has been recognized by all devout Christians. In turn, many of them have been forced to the recognition that creeds and dogmas offer no practical means of attaining perfection.

It is not an unusual occurrence for a person to be an heir to an estate and yet know nothing of it. Therefore, as it is the policy of the law that no one shall be deprived of any right without an opportunity to be heard, it is generally provided by statute that before a will may be probated, or an estate administered, notice of some kind must be given to the heirs, so that if they desire they may claim their inheritance.

Among the many inspiring statements that may be found in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, perhaps there is none more calculated to restore hope and courage to the fainting heart than the one to be found on page 74 , which reads, "In Christian Science there is never a retrograde step, never a return to positions outgrown. " This statement presupposes of necessity that before there can be a retrograde step there must first have been a forward movement, a reaching out to and an attaining of a position in advance of that previously taken.