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AN eminent English philosopher, speaking of the utility of a study of philosophy, said that it consisted in the measure of comfort it brought into men's lives, the comfort of hope and expectation. If this can be predicated of that which is largely speculative in its methods, what assurance of comfort should accrue from the study of practical and exact divine metaphysics, whose revelations are of God's nature, of true existence, and have been developed and formulated into an exact Science, capable of being demonstrated by the veriest child.

HAVE not many plaintively lamented a lack of spiritual unfoldment by declaring, "I am not making the progress in Christian Science which I should;" and have they not accepted the statement as one of fact, which cannot be changed? But no error can persist when it has been uncovered and denied, and when the truth has been affirmed. So, instead of resignedly accepting the situation, one should approach it as an opportunity to put into practice the truth already learned in Christian Science, realizing that there is no such thing as an unsolvable problem.

NO question to-day is of more vital importance to the welfare of mankind than how to bring about a better understanding between the various nations which comprise the human race. Few, perhaps, realize how deep-seated in human consciousness are the inherited beliefs and prejudices which characterize nations; and the trend of education is to intensify and strengthen these beliefs, inculcating in the budding thought of childhood the firm conviction of the superiority of one's own country over any other.

CHRIST JESUS said, "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. " Many times have the thoughts of mortals been directed to this concept of love as the highest possible expression of one's devotion to others, but with the feeling that the Master meant the yielding up of a human sense of life.

EVERY human need, every prayer, every problem, every human cry for peace and rest may be answered by the truth about God and man. The real man now possesses all the good humanity craves, as Christian Science shows; and so it is wise to ascertain what is already within the possession of God's man.

WHEN God spoke to the children of Israel through the listening Moses in Horeb, He described the promised land thus: "The land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven: a land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. " In such a beautiful, symbolical word picture we may catch a vision of the kingdom of heaven, the dwelling place of spiritual man.

A PHYSICAL scientist has stated that the human eye perceives but one forty-thousand-millionth part of the material universe. How inadequate, then, is this physical organ as a medium for reliable information! By far the greater part of what is taking place in the temporary so-called material universe the eye never sees; and it takes no note at all of the permanent spiritual universe of divine Mind.

IN his efforts to make spiritual progress, the earnest and sincere student of Christian Science needs often to remind himself of the fact that God's work is done. To God, infinite Mind, there is no doubtful or unanswered question.

The human race is struggling for freedom. Subject in belief to limitation on every side, its endeavor continually is to sunder its bonds.

Christ Jesus portrayed the fallacy of relying upon or storing up material riches to meet the deeper needs of mortals, when he said: "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. " To human sense, material wealth may promote industry and improvement.