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" Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice," was the admonition of Paul, that pioneer of the early church; and with equal earnestness Christian Science to-day invites all mankind to do likewise. To one who thinks himself imprisoned, however, in the shackles of sickness or a victim of poverty or unemployment, it may seem difficult logically to comply with such a demand, particularly if one is accustomed to rejoice after, rather than before, a demonstration is made.

Mankind, enlightened spiritually, has long sung praises of God's goodness. The Bible is full of the praises of the Lord.

Among the fundamental facts first grasped by those embracing the study of Christian Science is this: that all law governing and sustaining man and the universe is inherent in the divine Mind. Also, earnest and faithful study soon reveals the fact that divine law operates entirely apart from human effort, will, or policy.

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.