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The teaching of Christian Science has unlocked the Scriptures in their spiritual meaning, and through the daily study of our Lesson-Sermons we are gaining a wonderful insight into the Bible. Truth dawns on the understanding as thought grows more spiritual, and we learn to separate the history of material men, in the Biblical accounts, from the absolute truth about God and man, which, revealed in the first chapter of Genesis, runs like a golden thread through the whole Bible.

Familiar to all of us by many repetitions are the words of Madame Roland: "O liberty! how many crimes are committed in thy name!" Since it is so evident that a man must ascend into liberty, which is self-government, by his highest nature, it is manifest that criminality is in no wise connected with liberty. Whence, then, such a sentiment as above quoted, unless the fact be that men of rapacious and criminal minds use the name of liberty as a cloak for their wrongdoing? By such use the word is defamed, for evil conduct is the expression of license, not liberty.

" A glorious day is dawning, And o'er the waking earth The heralds of the morning Are springing into birth. "In dark and hidden places There shines the blessed light; The beam of truth displaces The darkness of the night.

That the things of Spirit or of Truth can be reversed, and even come to naught, is one of the theories and fears of human belief. This belief always bears the stamp of spiritual ignorance by whomsoever it may seem to be entertained.

In the progressive steps from the old to the new, from the apparent force of might to the persuasion of right, from autocracy to democracy, from materia medica to spiritual healing, from sense to Soul, humanity moves both individually and collectively. The advancement is mental, in conformity with God's law, the outward manifestation bearing witness.

Mrs. Eddy, on page 520 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," speaks of growth as "the eternal mandate of Mind.

The words that Jesus uttered to the rich young man, centuries ago, ring out to-day with meaning to those who have ears to hear: "One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. " No doubt, the individual who lacks material wealth, such as, it is presumed, figured among the young man's possessions, will feel that the words spoken on this occasion do not apply especially to him; but, on a moment's reflection, one will become aware of the fact that houses and lands are a necessity, if the belief be accepted that matter is real and substantial.

Home is certainly the place where God should be known. How many times the student of Christian Science is called upon to prove this, is shown by the frequent questions asked as to how one can have more harmony in the home.

"For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

When Christian Science is presented to us, and we faintly perceive its wondrous message of healing and regeneration, often we are led to think, with the first awakening that has come in the destruction of our ills or diseases through Truth's healing power, that now our work is accomplished, that we have scaled the heights, that we have reached the pinnacle. Having caught a glimpse of the vision of Truth's dawn, its joy has lifted us above earth's dull turmoil.