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THE erection of a Christian Science church edifice is the outward manifestation to the world of a labor of love on the part of the members, often covering a period of many years. The completed structure stands as a monument to the fact that the gospel of Christ Jesus, as understood in Christian Science, does heal the sick, comfort the sorrowing, and reform the sinner.

IT was, perhaps, to human sense, a very ordinary, everyday incident, —a mother approaching in the street with two sunny-haired boys, the younger little more than a baby, each holding one of her hands. There came to mind the thought expressed by that most loving and lovable of men, Christ Jesus, in the words, "Of such is the kingdom of God," and, "In heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

IN the epistle of James we read, "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. " True riches, then, do not consist of the material things which we may possess.

TO one who has gained any understanding whatsoever of Christian Science, the vastness of its demonstration is to some extent apparent. The far reach of its potential power is seen in Jesus' ability not only to come forth from the sepulcher but, greater still, to ascend unto his Father and our Father.

BE ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect," is the command of Christ Jesus; and though it may appear difficult of attainment in this materialistic age, yet perfection will be demonstrated when absolute obedience to Christ becomes the law of one's life, and spiritually exalted thought is continually maintained. The quest of the Christian is to find God and to understand Him.

" MARY BAKER EDDY, with her usual incisiveness, asserts in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 405 ), "The pains of sinful sense are less harmful than its pleasures.

THE account of Naaman's healing through the mediation of Elisha, given in the second book of Kings, illustrates the experience of some in the present day who come to Christian Science for healing. For, like Naaman, they sometimes come in moods of pomp and worldly circumstance, in the expectation of obtaining spiritual benefits by the mere bestowal of a material bonus.

A CERTAIN fountain playing in the sunshine in a lovely park and sending forth an abundance of clear, sparkling water, draws many to it to partake of its ever flowing streams of refreshment. How joyous and bright it seems as its waters break up the sunbeams into numberless rainbows and the birds perch on its edge to drink of the cool, shining water! The fountain always has an ample supply of water, not only for the birds, but also for the children warm from their play, the worn and weary men, and the thirsty women longing for surcease from the heat.

AS we read and ponder the Biblical records, we learn many helpful lessons from the lives of the early prophets. In each successive period of those early days one figure usually stands out as a light that cannot be hid.

FREEDOM in every avenue of being is the radiant reality of man's true existence, his spiritual birthright; for "God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him. " On page 259 of "Miscellaneous Writings" Mrs.