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Gratitude is one with power. Mrs.

A Quantity of potatoes was stored in a dark cellar. Some were still unused when spring's loving touch set free the imprisoned beliefs of winter.

When Jesus told his disciples, who had failed to heal the epileptic boy, that such healing could be done only by "prayer and fasting," he stated a metaphysical fact, which is as true and applicable in the twentieth century as it was in the first. Likewise, the truth of the words written by Mrs.

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.