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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.

A VERY general belief of mortals is that of lack or poverty. Like the Biblical character who would tear down his barns and build greater ones to hold more of material things, or the present-day struggler who would have a bank balance greater than that of his neighbor, many mortals have considered the quest for material wealth the main object of life.

THERE sometimes comes into the experience of the student of Christian Science a sense of deep humiliation because he has seemed to fail in something which he had set about to do. In fact, sometimes he may have seemed to be compelled to take what looks to him like a backward step, to return to a position which he felt he had outgrown.