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" YE cannot serve God and mammon" —a sentence which has come ringing down through the ages —is a whole sermon in itself on the economic conditions of the Christian countries of to-day; and it was spoken by Jesus nearly two thousand years ago. Jesus needed no study of the many philosophies that delve into the hidden workings of the so-called human mind, that magnify and exalt the motives and reactions of mortals, to ascertain the causes of want and woe.

THE entire universe, including man, is under the control of God, divine Mind, who always governs harmoniously. This, however, seems to the so-called material senses to be very far from the facts, for these senses would argue continually that there is a power opposed to God, an evil power that expresses itself in sin, disease, and death, and that is capable of causing perpetual discord.

NECESSARY aids to a journey are the signposts indicating the right roads to follow. That there is a way to every goal, a road of some description leading to every destination, is always understood.

HAD it been recognized from the beginning of mortal history that the situation in which Adam found himself was no part of true being, neither caused nor sanctioned by God, the effort to reconcile Truth with error would have been less persistent and prolonged. In all ages there have been those who were spiritually-minded enough to overcome evil through faith in God; yet the authority of so-called mortal mind to claim partnership with the divine Mind, and the fable that a mortal is the offspring of Deity as well as of dust, remained practically unchallenged until the coming of Christ Jesus.

REPEATEDLY "the law" is referred to in the Scriptures, chiefly with reference to the law of God; but in the New Testament "the law" frequently stands for counterfeit material law. It is of much importance, therefore, in reading the Bible, to recognize and understand when "the law" means the law of God, and when it means human material concepts of law, which latter, until their nature is understood, claim to operate as law.

A FUNDAMENTAL requirement of Christian Science, considered second to none in importance by our great Leader, Mrs. Eddy, is that Christian Scientists demonstrate their understanding of Truth by healing discordant conditions of all kinds.

OF the many well-known characters mentioned in the Bible, and dear to all who love and search the Scriptures, the name of David stands out because of his endeavor to make every suitable occasion an opportunity to praise the God whom he worshiped. Many expressions of gratitude for God's power and love are contained in the Psalms, and they are read and sung among God-fearing people the world over.

MORTALS have ever searched for an explanation of existence, for an understanding of God and His immutable laws. And because in every age there have been those spiritually-minded enough and earnest enough to discern something of the eternal truth, men have been encouraged to continue the search.

THE question, "Is it wrong for us to have a good time?" comes frequently from those taking up the study of Christian Science. Preconceptions regarding this question seem capable of every extreme.

IT is narrated in the New Testament that many of Jesus' prayers, as in raising Lazarus from the dead, in feeding the multitude, and in divers ways demonstrating his understanding of the truth of being, were accompanied by thanks to God. In awakening his friend Lazarus, the great Exemplar declared aloud, "Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.