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In Revelation. John presents to us the wonders of the kingdom of heaven.

Genuine quietness, as revealed in Christian Science, is won through courage, fidelity, purity; it is the result of spiritual watchfulness, and of instant surrender to the demands of divine Principle. Apathy, nonresistance to error, and the empty repetition of statements of truth accomplish very little.

" O make me glad for every scalding tear, For hope deferred, ingratitude, disdain! Wait, and love more for every hate, and fear No ill,—since God is good, and loss is gain. " —Poems, by Mary Baker Eddy ( p.

Sacred Scripture, given us for reproof and instruction, is always urging upon the followers of God the necessity of fighting. we must "fight the good fight;" fight for the faith; fight the mental battle with the false evidences of evil; but we must see that the contest is not ours, that it is not a contest of personalities, but one between Truth and supposititious evil, which surely destroys all errors, futilely and helplessly arrayed against divine Principle.

When reading the accounts of Jesus' disciples crossing the Sea of Galilee, as recorded by Matthew and John, it requires but little imagination to picture vividly that struggle in the dark against the tempestuous wind and waves, and the joy which must have come with the happy ending of the experience. Few narratives that are so briefly told give such a complete story of the struggle of mortals and of ultimate victory over material sense; and perhaps none point the way for us more simply, or hold out greater promise of reward.

It is of vital importance to every one that he gain a clear understanding of man's immortal identity and relationship to his Maker. "Identity," writes Mrs.

The desire to attain greatness lies deep in the human heart; but of the way to attain it the world has generally been in ignorance. Believing greatness to be dependent upon wealth, position, or personal fame, mankind has striven for it through mistaken ways and means.

IN that great spiritual message, both practical and idealistic, called the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus expounded a great and far-reaching truth when he said, "The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. " Many of the profound truths taught by Jesus, by apostles and prophets, have lain through the centuries a veritable power house of strength and wisdom, yet apparently dormant and hidden from men because of their lack of spiritual discernment.

HEALTH is, in effect, the state of being hale and sound, or whole; especially, the state of being free from bodily disease or pain. Popular thought seeks to perpetuate this desirable condition; and in doing so, starts from the standpoint of matter as the origin and basis of existence, evolving from it many suppositional laws of health and systems of medication.

WHEN we depend upon divine law for the solution of a problem, there is not a question of whether it may or may not be solved. The solution is sure; but our ability to see this depends upon our faith in God and our willingness to lay aside human outlining and to accept the divine way.