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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.

CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS are learning that business is much more than walking to and fro upon the earth, and trading one material thing for another; that business, rather, is the receiving of the goodness of God, and the giving forth again of this very goodness. It is the continuous and perpetual expression of the abundance of infinite good.

WHEN Moses guided the children of Israel, helping to establish them as worshipers of the one God, he laid down for their use many minute instructions. By these their habits of life were to be governed, that they might maintain their integrity as God's chosen people, who had been led out of the bondage of Egypt's darkened thought into the freedom of a more spiritual understanding of God.

AS one understands and puts into practice his God-given power to think righteously, and consequently to live rightly, he enters into his heritage of dominion as the son of God. Manifesting in his life Godlike thoughts, one can control and annihilate so-called evil, thus demonstrating the supremacy of God, good.

WHEN Christian Scientists consider meditatively and constantly the man and universe of God's creating, the beauty, perfection, and completeness of God's holy work gradually dawn in consciousness and thought becomes inspired, more and more, with love and reverence for all that is good and pure and beautiful. Being thus enlightened by divine intelligence, men and women go forth with renewed energy and ever deeper consecration, determined to let nothing dim or mar this holy vision.

TO obtain an appreciative comprehension of the foresight Mrs. Eddy used for the preservation of the Cause of Christian Science, one must know something of her efforts to remove the weaknesses which she saw were apparent in her organizations—the Christian Scientist Association, the National Christian Scientist Association, and the church in Boston.