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IN searching recently to get a clearer sense of minding one's own business and a larger, truer understanding of God as Love, great light and peace and courage came to the writer; and a desire to share the bounty prompts the telling. As thought was lifted to God, the one source, infinite and eternal, of right thinking, in honest prayer for growth in grace, for the graciousness to apprehend and comprehend good, the vital truth contained in Mrs.

HUMILITY is a word which has been so commonly misinterpreted by usage that a consideration of its true meaning is always helpful. Humility has too often been associated with weakness.

SURELY Ezekiel foresaw the coming of the practical, demonstrable Science of Truth when he said: "Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord God; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. " Mrs.

IN our work as students and practitioners of Christian Science we are many times confronted with problems that seem so difficult to handle and so slow in yielding that we wonderingly ask ourselves whether our understanding of Truth is going to fail us. Many times before, our understanding has helped us to overcome belief in a power apart from God, whether the claim was one of sin or sickness, of lack or suffering in any form; but this particular case seems to baffle all our efforts.

IN the earlier chapters of Genesis our attention is attracted to Abram when he is told, "Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee. " In those days families lived together, perhaps occupying large areas and tending their flocks side by side.

INDISSOLUBLY connected with the thought of man is the idea of dwelling place; for the very fact that man is, establishes the additional one that man must be somewhere. Therefore, what can be more important than to know where man truly abides? To material sense, and in accordance with the customary thinking of mortals, man would seem to be material, dwelling in a house of wood, stone, or brick, in a material universe.

MUCH has been written and said in recent years concerning determination with respect to civil government. Self-determination, as an inalienable right of the people in regard to methods and means of government, is being much considered as the effect of an inevitable trend toward democracy.

WITH the coming of the New Year there arises a desire in the thought of mortals to lay aside undesirable habits and practices and adopt a better mode of living. A resolve based upon an honest desire to be better is always helpful and commendable.

IT makes little difference how long or how short a period of time one may have been interested in this new-old religion of divine Love, Christian Science, as taught and demonstrated by Christ Jesus, and discovered again and founded in our day by our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy. To the beginner and the advanced student alike, apply the all-important questions: How much of Truth am I putting into practice? Am I proving, by holding steadfastly to the understanding of the omniactivity of Mind, God, that divine Love is really demonstrable in the removing of seeming obstacles, in healing want and woe, in destroying sin? Or am I going along from day to day with a self-satisfied feeling that I have already gained a sufficient understanding of Science to enable me to cope with the many and varied problems which may present themselves, without, perhaps, a thought for the brother who may be wondering if I have a really worth-while religion? Unless we are making the understanding we have gained of practical value in everyday life,—unless we are actually applying our understanding of the omnipotence of divine Principle to the so-called problems that arise on our mental horizons,— we are indeed doing little or nothing in the way of proving that God, intelligent good, is the only power, the only presence, and therefore always available to meet every need of mankind.

IN the time of Christ Jesus, the mount of Olives commanded a sweeping view of the city of Jerusalem, with its walls, terraced gardens, magnificent palaces, and architectural monuments of shining marble and glittering gold. And from it may be seen the river Jordan, which Elisha parted with the mantle of Elijah, and in which Jesus was baptized by John.