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IN Isaiah we read of "the voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. " To the Christian Scientist these words are full of meaning; for he is learning that the wilderness is that state of consciousness which sorely needs the Comforter.

IN presenting the parable of the ten pieces of money, which occurs in the nineteenth chapter of the Gospel of Luke, the Master's reasons for giving this parable are briefly stated as follows: "And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. " The story is then told of a certain nobleman who was about to go to a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.

NEVER in the world's history has there been a more active inquiry into the nature and office of prayer than at this time—not only as a redemptive, but as a curative agency. The vital question has urged itself upon human thought with such insistency that group after group, in all parts of the world, in all walks of life, are acknowledging that there is this power of prayer and admitting that they must avail themselves of it, to the end that through individual redemption the world may come to know that all things are made new.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE has come to this age teaching how to demonstrate the omnipotence of God, good, and the impotence and unreality of evil. Christian Science is a revelation; and the understanding of it furnishes complete protection from all evil.

THERE is a very beautiful lesson to be learned from the Bible story of Caleb of the tribe of Judah —the son of Jephunneh. In Numbers we are told that Moses, by the commandment of God, sent from the wilderness of Paran those men, including Caleb, who were the "heads of the children of Israel.

ONE of the foundation stones of Christian Science is the understanding of spiritual unity. God is accepted in Christian Science as the infinite One, manifest in His infinite spiritual creation.

DIVINE Mind is infinite, eternal, and supreme; and since this is so, since Mind, God, exists, there must be unlimited action, enterprise, discovery. We have passed the time when the depressing word "impossible" deters or hinders.

" YE are my witnesses, saith the Lord. " God has chosen for His witnesses all who know and trust His power.

HOW important it is that we should have a proper concept of the purpose and mission of The Christian Science Monitor! What a revelation comes to the consciousness of one who is prayerfully desiring a better understanding of Mrs. Eddy's vision in establishing such a powerful channel for good! And when we have but touched the hem of this spiritual vision, how we reach forth for more light in regard to promoting this unique newspaper! Mrs.

" TESTIMONY in regard to the healing of the sick is highly important," our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, says in the Manual of The Mother Church ( p.