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To the Christian Scientist, whose thought is continually unfolding to spiritual realities, the word "opportunity" has a very different meaning from that which it has to the unregenerate human consciousness, which regards opportunity as finite, fleeting, and uncertain. The Christian Scientist knows that it is ever present, always adequate; for to him opportunity means freedom to learn more about God—Life, Truth, and Love.

The so-called human mind looks to a reward for well-doing, and too often expects this reward to be given by persons and expressed in terms of material values, or else through personal recognition. To reward well-doing is commendable, and to express gratitude for it is most essential.

Salvation , in the sense of deliverance from all evil, has ever been the object of the best religious faith and endeavor. This was the aim of Judaism, the religion of the people among whom Jesus was born.

THE rite of baptism by water was not inaugurated by Jesus; it was practiced before his time by some religious teachers. It is mentioned in the Bible in connection with John the Baptist, the great preacher of the wilderness, whose name has been so closely associated with it ever since.

ONE'S identity is brought out or manifested by filling one's own place. No one can do another's work.

ONE morning as the writer looked out at the surrounding scenes on her way to the business portion of a city, the thought came to her, How pleasant it would be to travel over new ground every morning rather than have to go over the same old road! From frequent passing through a certain district of the city she felt that she was familiar with everything along the way. No student of Christian Science, however, can long dwell in an erroneous sense if he is desirous of being taught of God; and immediately there followed the thought, New ideas transform old scenes.

" KNOW, then, that you possess sovereign power to think and act rightly, and that nothing can dispossess you of this heritage and trespass on Love," writes Mary Baker Eddy on page 3 of "Pulpit and Press. " Her statement might be considered as the last word in the Christian Scientist's religious culture.

A WELL-KNOWN psychologist, when discussing the possibility of anything in the nature of a spiritual experience having at any time reached human consciousness, has given it as a test, that an experience to be spiritual must bring some new knowledge, something quite different and apart from the expectation and imaginings of the human mind. The history of revelation as recorded in the Bible, where spiritual truth is Seen gradually dawning on the consciousness of men, stands the test of the modern psychologist.

THE first revelation of Truth contained in the teachings of Christian Science may burst upon human consciousness with a glowing promise. As we strive, however, for a more enlightened understanding of the rules given us in our textbooks, the Bible and "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, that we may successfully solve our human problems, we may find that we have a cross to bear.

" Love is our refuge; only with mine eye Can I behold the snare, the pit, the fall: His habitation high is here, and nigh, His arm encircles me, and mine, and all. " MARY BAKER EDDY ( Poems, p.