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Paul surely condensed the wisdom of the ages into twelve short words, when he said, "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. " He was writing to the church at Philippi, but his message is as vital and important to us now as it was when he first declared it.

We read in the first three gospels of a person spoken of in Luke's record as "a certain ruler," who went to Jesus desiring to learn what he should do to gain eternal life. Mark relates the incident in this manner: "There came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?" The sincerity of his desire was manifest, but self-righteousness was rebuked by the Nazarene in the assurance that God is the only good.

The account in Genesis of how God created man and the universe in six days, and rested the seventh day, is familiar to many; and while the story of Adam and Eve has been to many people merely part of a mental pattern woven together in childhood, with other allegorical threads, perhaps the ordinary workaday folks have, in general, left their problems to be thrashed out by the theologians. They accept the narrative as, in any case, providing them with a satisfactory reason for a Sunday rest, every seventh day of the week! This being so, it is evident that this mental attitude, or rather the passivity of thought of so many people towards the stupendous problem of creation, is scarcely a promising preparation to the understanding of what Mrs.

"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. " Blessed are true thoughts; for they are in and of the Father, divine Mind.

Unity, whether in international relationships, in business, home affairs, or in church organization, can be realized only in proportion as each individual recognizes and proves man's at-one-ment with divine Principle, God. It is not merely by assimilating and expressing the same views and opinions as do our neighbors that mankind manifests unity of thought and purpose, but by individual demonstration of Principle, each one in his own work; just as the longed-for establishment of universal peace will depend, not solely on the agreement of delegates with one another, but on the nations' united demonstration of individual honesty, purity of motive, and spiritual enlightenment.

A recent issue of a monthly magazine contained an article on the possibilities incident to a greater recognition and realization of the actuality, activity, and availability of God. The article was remarkable from the Christian Scientist's point of view, because the rare and beautiful experiences related, so far from being isolated incidents of unusual character, are matters of daily, if not hourly, occurrence in the lives of those who have to some extent proved the truth of Mrs.

Perhaps nothing in this world creates more joy in the human heart than light, typifying, as it does, life, activity, beauty, sequence of ideas stimulating growth and aiding perception. In the Bible the word "light," meaning understanding, spiritual vision, enlightenment, is used from one end to the other of its sacred pages.

In "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" ( p. 213 ), our Leader writes in loving admonition, "Because this age is cursed with one rancorous and lurking foe to human weal, those who are the truest friends of mankind, and conscientious in their desire to do right and to live pure and Christian lives, should be more zealous to do good, more watchful and vigilant.

No aspect of Christian Science has appealed more forcibly to the multitude than its healing work. The gift of healing, however, carries with it the added responsibility for its correct use; and the obligation to do the works of the Master increases with the better understanding of his teaching.

In the luminous, yet marvelously concise passage with which Mrs. Eddy, on page 503 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," restores to the opening words of the first chapter of Genesis their original spiritual sense, God's creation is described as consisting of "the unfolding of spiritual ideas and their identities.