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THE manner of love which Jesus manifested in his healing work, and which drew all men unto him, proved that he was a man of God, and that his godliness was an impelling attraction. This essential characteristic of the divine nature is nowhere more clearly evidenced than in his healing of the one demented, who came to him out of the tombs of the Gadarenes.

THE longing for fuller life, for love, for peace and joy, makes the eye shine with anticipation and the heart beat higher. But struggle and unrest appear to characterize the course of time and history.

A MAN walked into the office of a Christian Science practitioner and, pulling a much used Bible from a breast pocket, said he wanted the interpretation of the last chapter in the Old Testament. He asked if the practitioner thought that Elijah had come again since Malachi wrote those words; or was the prophet still to walk the earth.

DURING the World War a picture appeared in a certain magazine entitled, "The First Service Star. " This picture portrayed Mary and Joseph with the child Jesus in the foreground, sharing shelter with the flocks and herds in the city of Bethlehem of Judea.

A DICTIONARY defines individuality as "the state or quality of being individual;" and to be individual is to have "definite and continuous existence. " Spiritual individuality is of God, divine Mind, supported and maintained, not by matter or material sense, but by God alone, and always inseparable from the infinite I AM.

ONE summer night as the writer awakened, her eye caught the steadfast light of a star. The windowpane seemed to blur the starlight; so the open window was sought.

IN the early Hebrew days the women of Israel were known principally as mothers. "A mother in Israel," Deborah called herself.

IN the first sentence of the first chapter in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy may be said to have summed up the entire gospel of reformation and healing.

IN the book of Deuteronomy the people were often warned against forgetting God; and in the eighth chapter we find this command: "And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee. " This is done many times by Christian Scientists when they testify, either orally or through our periodicals, to their awakening out of the dream of sorrow and suffering; and these experiences are not only of priceless value to those who have been led into the understanding of Christian Science, but they contain valuable lessons for others as well.

There is no greater opportunity for spiritual happiness and growth, and no better way to scatter the flowers of loving service, than is to be found in the practical application of Christian Science. To know what is expected from us in the great field of labor, to be willing to give deep scrutiny to the quality of our thoughts and deeds, enables us to conform to the laws of God, thereby hastening the time of harvest, not only for ourselves but for all mankind.