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IT was John who said in his first epistle, "Beloved, now are we the sons of God;" and in Revelation, "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away. " What a glorious outlook, —to know that every child of the infinite God is in His glorious sunshine, living, moving, and having his being in divine Mind, not in matter! No longer need the tears of perplexity and self-pity flow because of earth's fleeting shadows; for, instead, the gaze may penetrate beyond the seeming mists and claim the promised birthright, the inheritance of the sons of God.

STEPPING out into the street one day, the writer found herself surrounded by a mist; only for a short distance ahead could she see the way. Yet, knowing that the road, trees, flowers, and cars were all in their accustomed places, even though she could not see them, she started forward.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE disposes of the belief of evil through the understanding that God, good, is the only cause. In demonstrating the fact of God's allness, however, students of Christian Science do not ignore the claims of evil or deny that these claims appear to have an origin.

IN the restless effort of mankind to make the most out of mortal existence many display much zeal. With the industry of ants they accumulate riches, increase knowledge, and strive to build up happiness from the material of their mortal concepts.

SOMETIMES the earnest Christian Scientist wonders why his problem is not solved; why he does not seem able to rise more quickly above the fallacies of mortal thinking. Searching consciousness vigorously, he looks here and there for the obstructing evil, only to find that the more he searches, the more real it seems to become until, befogged in discouragement, he cries out for deliverance.

MAN , being the image of his Maker, is the reflection of omnipresence, omniscience, and omnipotence; and Christian Science, the discovery of Mary Baker Eddy, is enabling Christians to apply intelligently and scientifically the understanding of the all-power, all-knowledge, and all-presence of God in their daily lives. Most of us dwell with joy and gratitude on the thought of the omnipresence of God, without always connecting man with that omnipresence.

A LINE has but one recognized dimension, length; a plane has two dimensions, length and breadth; a solid adds a third dimension, thickness. But to each rightly belongs another element of measurement seldom acknowledged or even indeed credited, lacking which the line fades, the surface disappears, the mass disintegrates, and once again is the earth "without form, and void.

THERE is common agreement, among those who believe in God, that He knows everything; consequently, that He must be the all-knowing. Christian Science differs from the popular concept of God in that it draws a line of distinction between what God knows and what appears to mortals.

THE tendency of the so-called human mind is to look for unnecessary trouble by constituting itself a law unto others. One often attends to his neighbor's most intimate affairs,—in thought, if not in deed,— and consequently burdens himself, besides hindering or interfering with the operation of divine law in another's life.

WHEN Paul visited Ephesus he found certain Christian converts who, on being asked if they had received the Holy Ghost, said, "We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. " Of these believers it is further recorded, in the nineteenth chapter of Acts, that after being instructed and baptized by Paul, "the Holy Ghost came on them.