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ON page vii of the Preface to the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mrs. Eddy writes, "The time for thinkers has come.

THE world has looked long and searchingly through the lens of material sense for deliverance from its self-imposed bondage to sin, sickness, and death. As one chimerical theory after another of some hoped-for universal panacea for the ills of mankind flashes upon the kaleidoscopic screen of mortal existence and is seen to disappear in the haze of a few short months or years, one recalls most vividly these words of our Leader, written in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.

PLAINTIVELY sang Milton, "Seasons return;" and a note of sadness, even a note of melancholy, runs through much of what is written and said of autumn, the harvest time of the year. Yet what a vision of beauty, what a riot of color, what an abundance of fruitage, what a glory of accomplishment the season brings! Why should that note of sadness creep like an undertone of dirge into the joyous song of the reapers? A dictionary speaks of autumn as "the third stage.

THE promise of divine protection and succor given in the ninety-first psalm reads, "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. " Among dictionary definitions of the term "dwell" is this: "Keep one's attention fixed; make one's abode.

THE earthly mission of Jesus was carried on among people steeped in materiality. He spoke of them as a "faithless and perverse generation," denounced their inability to discern the "signs of the times" even while visualizing the signs material, and told them of the wondrous works they might perform did they possess faith but as a grain of mustard seed.

THOSE who turn to Christian Science for healing after other methods have failed, usually vary greatly in their mental attitude toward this method of establishing good in human experience. Some expect to be healed immediately; others accept its ministrations merely because there is nothing else for them to do; while there are those who, though quite willing to try it, as they say, have little or no faith in its teachings.

MANY of the great leaders of Israel in their demonstration of Truth sometimes came so near to the Christ-idea that it might seem almost strange they did not attain completely to the standard of perfection. Each one of the great characters of the Bible manifested more particularly some predominant quality, or qualities, which rendered him distinctive.

THE student of mathematics who has so thoroughly mastered the facts of numerical law as to be able to apply them unhesitatingly and correctly to the problem at hand can command an almost immediate answer to the problem. He does not stop to question the truth of the rules which he is about to apply; for to him they are already accepted facts.

IN the human endeavor to establish the brotherhood of man, the present-day demand of the entire civilized world for more unified activity makes a strong appeal to the Christian Scientist. For many years new organizations, societies, associations, and political parties have been springing up, with the avowed intention of furthering the interests of mankind by means of organized activity.

A LEADING doctrine in practically all religions has been the necessity for humility in approaching God. No approach was deemed possible without this quality being present in large measure in the mental attitude of the devotee.