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THERE are probably few stories in the Bible more touching than the brief history of Onesimus, told in Paul's letter to Philemon of Colosse. The apostle was "a prisoner of Jesus Christ," in bonds for the gospel in a Roman prison, when he wrote to this early Christian convert, who was himself also standing firmly for Christ Jesus' teaching, holding meetings of his fellow-Christians in his own house, and spreading the gospel to others.

ONE of the greatest joys the Christian Scientist experiences is in learning to see opportunity for demonstration in a "problem," as there dawns upon him something of the realization of God's ever present, available help. He can say with Paul, "My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.

THINKING people, generally, agree that most men desire to excel in, to perfect, to accomplish something worth while. With efficiency as a keynote, and invention and education joining hands, the world's workers seem to a considerable extent to have mastered the air, overcome the wave, harnessed the lightning,—in short, dominated the things of the earth,—wonderful achievements in the material sphere of action! But the pride of physical accomplishment alone can never satisfy the longing of the seeker for Truth.

IT is recorded of Jesus, in the gospel of Matthew, that he was "led up of the spirit into the wilderness," and that he was there for forty days. At the end of the forty days, he had completed a wonderful demonstration.

A CHILD awakening during the night saw the bright moon shining through the window, and on the floor the moving shadow of a rocking chair. Becoming frightened, he began to cry; others were awakened, and the child was quickly told that there was nothing to be afraid of, as it was only a shadow that moved.

THERE is no doubt that most of us come to Christian Science seeking something we feel we have lost,—wealth, health, happiness, our faith in God or in man, or all of these together. Feeling keenly the loss of our prized possessions, we have usually sought frantically to regain them by searching in every direction save the right one, until our weary footsteps have finally been directed to Christian Science.

" AND he had in his hand a little book open," John writes in Revelation; and farther on John states that the little book "shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. " In the little book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.

ONE of the last lessons which Christ Jesus taught his disciples was the real significance of the widow's mite. The occasion was just after his triumphal entry into Jerusalem and previous to his trial before Pilate.

NOTHING better illustrates the vacillating tendencies of human nature than its readiness to make good resolutions and its pitiable failure to keep them. One of the reasons for this lack of stability is the disposition on the part of the individual to congratulate himself upon his high purpose, oftentimes to the extent of shouting it from the housetops, instead of quietly availing himself of the means which God places at his disposal for making the purpose an accomplished fact.

In their more exact definitions, confidence and strength have each their own peculiar meaning, their separate scope and significance. Yet the two are so closely related in common experience that to speak of confidence at once calls up a mental picture of strength; and strength implies in most cases a corresponding degree of confidence.