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ALL of humanity seems to be victimized more or less by a belief in a thing called the past. What we seem to be to-day is more or less a result of this false claim; for there is in each human consciousness a belief of human parentage with its supposedly inherited tendencies, either good or bad, of a childhood either happy or unhappy, of an education either thorough or superficial, of a home environment either helpful or pernicious—of all sorts of experiences, some uplifting, some debasing, through which we are constantly seeming to pass, and which claim to leave their indelible impression upon us.

THE most casual observer cannot fail to appreciate the fact that the call to help the world is urgent. No one in this age has seen the world's need as did Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science; and she made ample provision to meet it.

About a year ago, The Christian Science Board of Directors announced that there would be established, under the auspices of The Mother Church, a permanent home for elderly persons whose length of service in the Cause of Christian Science, good works, and other circumstances would furnish special reasons for generous provision by Christian Scientists. It was also stated that this institution would be located near Concord, New Hampshire, at the beautiful spot called Pleasant View, where Mrs.

IN "A Rule for Motives and Acts" on page 40 of the Manual of The Mother Church, our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy, has given to the students of Christian Science a comprehensive guide for Christian conduct in the words, "In Science, divine Love alone governs man; and a Christian Scientist reflects the sweet amenities of Love, in rebuking sin, in true brotherliness, charitableness, and forgiveness.

" Infinite progression is concrete being, which finite mortals see and comprehend only as abstract glory;" so we read on page 82 of "Miscellaneous Writings" by Mary Baker Eddy. A realization of the Science of being as wholly progressive so stimulates and refreshes us that to be really alive becomes a wonderful thing.

TWO students of Christian Science who undertook a vacation trip in an automobile, when but a short distance from their starting point found that something was wrong with the car they were driving. Turning into a garage, they were told that certain repairs were needed which would entail considerable expense and an ill-afforded delay.

THERE was a time not so many years ago when, if one asked the reason for some so-called act of God, he was told that it was wrong to ask such a question, for no one could presume to understand a Being so great and mysterious as God. If the question were pushed, and it were asked, "How then did Jesus understand God?" the answer was that Jesus himself was Deity! To-day, men everywhere are learning to rejoice in the fact that Christ Jesus, as the most perfect man who ever walked the earth, did indeed understand his Father; and that whatever was possible to him is possible to us —that we also, as God's image and likeness, may understand God.

IN the twentieth chapter of Matthew Jesus recites a parable which would seem to be intended to convey the idea of equality as held by the Father toward all. Jesus likens the kingdom of heaven to a householder who went out early in the day to hire laborers for his vineyard.

THE name Moses means, according to one authority: "Drawing out (of the water); i. e.

THE world at this time is thinking of Christmas; but largely along material lines. To the Christian Scientist, through his study of the Bible and of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, Christmas is revealed in its real meaning, not merely as a season or time of the year, but as a season of the heart, which may be lived continuously.