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The master Scientist, Jesus the Christ, once said to his disciples, grouped intently around him on the Mount of Olives, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. " Thus by a simple contrast he brought to their comprehension the fact that Truth alone is eternal.

ONE of the great truths of Christian Science, which is learned by the student early in his experience, is that spiritual harmony is real, and that the inharmonious, the discordant, must therefore be unreal. Mrs.

JUST as in his parables our beloved Saviour, Christ Jesus, used the simplest illustrations in order to explain the things pertaining to Spirit, God, so in Christian Science we may learn some very useful lessons from the simplest events in our daily life. One beautiful spring day, a student of Christian Science took advantage of the hour she had at her disposal to go out and enjoy the warmth of the sunshine on the beach close to her home.

TO those who have tasted the first fruits of Christian Science in a joyous restoration to health and happiness, there remains the privilege of keeping these blessings intact. All erroneous beliefs are by no means destroyed at the first healing; and consecrated study and work are required for continued progress.

CHRIST JESUS displayed an unwavering confidence in his divine sonship, and he pronounced that relationship to be the direct and only source of his power over matter and matter's progeny—sin, disease, and death. When the Pharisees sought to discredit him, he said, "My record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go;" and this realization of man's spiritual origin gave Jesus dominion over material law and "over all the power of the enemy.

THE word "remembrance," like "fragrance," indicates somewhat the nature of its meaning, if one utters it caressingly. It associates naturally, in our thought, with all that is good, all that we wish to have linger in our lives.

RIGHT praying is the vitalizing and awakening power in Christianity. It aids and stimulates activity, and brings out the practicality of Christianity in everyday life.

IN the second epistle to Timothy, written by Paul from Rome, there is to be found much loving admonition and exhortation to his beloved friend to be constant in the faith. And not the least noteworthy of the instruction given by the great apostle and teacher at that time is the following: "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE teaches that good is real, eternal, infinite, omnipresent; and that evil, the supposititious opposite of good, is unreal and ephemeral, without form, locality, or substance. This knowledge is gained by lifting thought above the testimony of the so-called material senses, by contemplating spiritual existence, and by learning of God and the truths pertaining to God, as expounded in Christian Science.

THE Christian world acknowledges that Christ Jesus, the Way-shower, exercised a purely spiritual dominion over all the phases of evil which he encountered in the course of his ministry. His vision of God, good, and of man in God's likeness, was so clear and constant that he never yielded to fear; nor was he ever deceived by the evidence of the five physical senses.