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In defining the word "meek" a dictionary gives two distinct meanings. One is, "Gentle; kind;.

In his second epistle to the church at Corinth, Paul speaks of the Corinthians as "our epistle .

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE gives encouragement beyond measure. It breaks the limitations of sense, and shows mortals how they may enlarge their abilities and increase their value, for themselves, the friends with whom they come in contact, and the world at large.

To the "natural man" the testimony of material sense seems normal, real, and reliable. From early childhood he is taught to accept the reports of the five material senses, usually without question.

In the days when Christ Jesus preached and healed in the villages of Galilee, he said to those catching the significance of his holy healing, "Follow me. " A few spontaneously offered themselves on the altar of service with such words as, "Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

The question of supply is one that has occupied the thoughts of mortals throughout the ages. It is associated with most human problems.

Where even two or three meet together the subject of health is almost invariably commented upon or seriously discussed, so intimately is it associated with our day to day activities, so necessary is it to our mental peace. Health is usually considered as pertaining to one's physical condition; but it is also becoming recognized by an increasing number of people as a state of conscious or unconscious well-being,—moral, mental, and physical.

The idea of refinement has for so long been associated with certain human characteristics that we are prone to regard it mainly in relation to the gentleness of manner, the inborn grace and courtesy of a person of artistic tastes and delicacy of feeling. In order, however, to gain a more enlightened comprehension of the word, it is essential to know that refinement is a quality and expression of Spirit, and can be realized only in the degree that men reflect the divine attributes.

How often people look back upon their childhood as the happiest time of their lives! Forgetting their childish woes and trials, they remember only the freedom from anxiety and responsibility, the reliance on their parents' care and protection, the long, happy days of fun and play. They long to become little children again; but how impossible it seems! Yet Jesus said to his disciples, "Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

We often hear speakers at the Wednesday evening testimony meetings held in Christian Science churches say that they find mere words inadequate to express fully the gratitude they feel for the benefits received from the study and practice of Christian Science. It is also true that, even if language equal to the proper expression of gratitude could be found by every such speaker, so numerous and varied are the benefits and blessings Christian Science brings to all honest students, that the time at their disposal on these occasions would certainly be insufficient for this purpose.