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Primarily , that person is considered valuable who has a proper sense of responsibility. The shiftless, unreliable person, upon whose promise and demonstration one can never depend, must be kept under tutelage; and it is often harder work to oversee the irresponsible than to do the task involved.

It is generally conceded that there is probably no time of more vital interest in the history of a nation, a municipality, a corporation, or a church, than that which is known as an election or annual meeting. In a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, the importance of such an occasion can scarcely be overestimated.

The greatest artist in the world today is the man or woman who is striving to see creation entirely from a spiritual point of view. This artist finds his model in the inspired first chapter of Genesis and the first three verses of the second chapter, which constitute a record of the spiritual universe and man.

A discussion came up between two divinity students as to whether it were possible, in this day of intellectual and scientific research, to take the teachings of our Savior literally, even so far as to found thereon a code of religious ethics in keeping with the times. One of the participants, with an eye fixed keenly upon the inflexible rules of consistency, thought it a thing impossible.

To-day , when the entire world is beginning to recognize and acknowledge the power of mental action over material conditions in every department of life, it is not strange that there should be a decided increase in the development of various attempts at healing by mental means. This recognition of the ability of the so-called mortal or carnal mind to correct its mistaken beliefs of limitation, wherever manifested,— mechanically, atmospherically, or in human thought and bodies,—brings in its wake many attempts to rectify these errors through the medium of so-called mind-sciences.

In the words addressed to Daniel by the king, "Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee," we have the key to the marvelous deliverance of the prophet from the lions. It is evident that whatever protects and saves must be near, a power with us.

In her book "Pulpit and Press" ( p. 8 ) our Leader writes: "The children are destined to witness results which will eclipse Oriental dreams.

The first priest mentioned in the Bible was Melchizedek, the king of Salem; and all that the Old Testament records of him is found in four verses, three in Genesis and one in Psalms. He met "Abram the Hebrew" in the valley of Shaveh after the latter's return from his rescue of his nephew Lot from the land of Dan, where he had been held captive by the heathen kings.

From infancy a carefully reared child is taught obedience. He is taught what is right and what is wrong, the happy reward of right doing, and the just effects of wrong thought or action.

Recognizing that true law is other than man-made, Paul said, "For we know that the law is spiritual. " Naturally, he was not referring to rules of order or conduct made by those in authority by which the governed consent to be governed.