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TO human sense there has always been a greater or less degree of strife and discord in the personal relations of men, in the relations of capital and labor, and of nations. Yet the hearts of men have ever sought peace, because in peaceful relations with their fellows they might have greater material comfort, wellbeing, and supply.

TO the Bible student it is illuminating to trace the beginnings of various aspects of Truth back to Moses' clear spiritual vision of God and of man's relationship to God. The Christ which was "before Abraham," the Christ which has always been present to make God comprehensible to humanity, whenever one has lent a listening ear, was Moses' guide and counselor.

IN writing of a Christmastide, Mary Baker Eddy referred to its coming in these words: "Again loved Christmas is here, full of divine benedictions and crowned with the dearest memories in human history—the earthly advent and nativity of our Lord and Master. At this happy season the veil of time springs aside at the touch of Love" ( The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p.

THE assertion sometimes made by earnest neophytes of Christian Science that its teachings are difficult to understand, furnishes food for thought. The very fact that one may be sincerely investigating its teachings indicates a spiritual force operating in his thinking.

IT seems to be sometimes believed that the business world is a sphere of activity set apart from all other human endeavors, and that it requires a different or exclusive mentality to conduct its affairs. Business men and women frequently justify standards of conduct and practices wholly at variance with those of their other pursuits, because of "business necessity," a reasoning which in itself is beclouding and mesmeric.

ON page 90 of "Retrospection and Introspection" our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, writes: "Who can feel and comprehend the needs of her babe like the ardent mother? What other heart yearns with her solicitude, endures with her patience, waits with her hope, and labors with her love, to promote the welfare and happiness of her children? Thus must the Mother in Israel give all her hours to those first sacred tasks, till her children can walk steadfastly in wisdom's ways.

IN a letter addressed to First Church of Christ, Scientist, Cleveland, Ohio ( The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 195 ), Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, has written, "The praiseworthy success of this church, and its united efforts to build an edifice in which to worship the infinite, sprang from the temples erected first in the hearts of its members—the unselfed love that builds without hands, eternal in the heaven of Spirit.

THERE is no doubt that Abraham, who showed such implicit obedience when asked to sacrifice his son Isaac, would bring up his boy with the thorough understanding that to obey God was the foundation of a successful, happy, joyous life. In the twenty-sixth chapter of Genesis it is recorded that Isaac, being by famine driven out of the land where he had been dwelling, "went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

MATERIAL theories attribute to the human mind certain primary powers or properties, one of which is named feeling. In the wide meaning of this term are included both the simple and instinctive physical sensations and the rational sentiments or emotions.

WHEN the beloved disciple wrote the words "God is love," he gave to the world one of the most concise and illuminating pronouncements of Truth it had ever known. This simple sentence has echoed down the ages, carrying with it wonderment and hope to many a listening ear; and its beauty has appealed to all Christian students through the succeeding centuries.