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Many people are fond of repeating, "This is woman's age;" others echo the words with reserve, apprehensive of tendencies they do not understand, but gallantly willing to be convinced. It is doubtful if any one unacquainted with the teachings of Christian Science comprehends, even faintly, the law underlying the emancipation of women, so plainly being made manifest; yet an understanding of that law is necessary in order that all opposition to it may vanish; that it may operate without seeming to injure any one; and that all may rejoice in its activity instead of fearing it.

There is a marked correlation between the eleventh chapter of the epistle to the Hebrews, which deals primarily with faith, and the opening paragraph of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, in which she states, "The prayer that reforms the sinner and heals the sick is an absolute faith that all things are possible to God,—a spiritual understanding of Him, an unselfed love. " Through common usage the meaning of the word "faith," like so many other figures of speech by means of which spiritual ideas are conveyed to human consciousness, has become materially corrupted.

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Hidden within each heart is the longing to feel the peace and to taste the joy of the ever present kingdom of our God. No grander prayer can rise to eternal Love than, "How may we enter?" Twenty centuries ago our Master gave the answer that will ever stand inviolate: "Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.

Jesus said, "I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. " Therefore, his plan for carrying on the work of Christ included a church, and one that would endure.

AMONG the helpful and cheering signs that have emerged slowly, but none the less surely, from recent chaotic world conditions, few are more gratifying than the increased interest in good reading. A quiet, but strong and deep undercurrent, that has been gathering impetus for years, has now reached an irresistible onward flow, which makes it definite and impressive.

" KEEP thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life," we read in Proverbs. The right idea, which delivers from the beliefs of evil and limitation, appears in proportion to the individual desire to be right and to do right.

FALSE theology presents an erroneous dogma concerning God's self-sufficiency, teaching that God can find complete satisfaction in Himself, apart from man. According to the Adamic theory of creation, until some six thousand years ago God existed without man.

PERHAPS there is no term more commonly used, and misused, than "personality. " All Christian Scientists should be clear as to its meaning; and yet to many, especially the beginner in the study of this beautiful, simple religion, it seems often to be an occasion for stumbling.

THE title of Mrs. Eddy's book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," has been a stumblingblock to those steeped in false theology, who have refused to interpret the Word of God except along the fixed lines laid down by ecclesiastical authorities.