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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.

ONE wonders whether in these days the thoughts of men turn often enough in gratitude to God for all the good with which He is constantly blessing them. In Psalms a verse reads, "Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing;" and in Proverbs we find, "The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE teaches that God is the source of all good; and this spiritual fact awakens in Christian Scientists an enlightened appreciation of the blessings which enrich their lives. With the awakening to this fact comes a deep sense of gratitude, not only for the gifts of God's love during former days, but for the unlimited good continually unfolding as hearts are turned humbly toward the Most High for fuller understanding, and as human thought is resurrected from its materiality and becomes more spiritualized through the knowledge gained about God and man as revealed in Christian Science.

A SOLDIER said that the words most often in his thought during the trying experience in the trenches were the lines from Ephesians, "Take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. " There are in civilian life many situations which present a parallel.

A HIGH sense of beauty has been expressed through the ages in what we call art. Through painting, sculpture, poetry, and music, men have presented their high aspirations.

A WELL-KNOWN poet and dramatist, speaking in public a while ago, made the interesting statement that to him the great hunger of the human heart was to be able to understand and interpret its own experiences. This is surely a true and profound observation, based on a sympathetic study of the real needs and desires of mankind.