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In the Preface to the textbook of Christian Science. "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy ( p vii ), we read: "The time for thinkers has come.

It becomes increasingly clear to the one whose perception is being quickened and instructed by the teachings of Christian Science that the unrest and disturbance that seem to prevail in the world to-day, in the physical, mental, moral, and political realms, are not conflicts between persons or nations, but simply the inevitable result of the workings of truth in the human consciousness. Mrs.

There is an inherent sense of justice with every one which is expressed in efforts for healing the sick, protecting the weak, raising the fallen, comforting them that mourn, and in the general desire and struggle for fairness of purpose and squareness of conduct. As the standard of Christ becomes better understood, the sense of justice is higher, more clarified, more transparent for Truth's intelligent shining, and more lovingly practical for helping humanity.

The poet who voices a sense of unity in his use of universal concepts, and manages, by dint of his art, to concentrate in a phrase what the philosopher requires a book to say, wins the laurels of human greatness. Tennyson includes all the elements of such a verdict in half a dozen lines, generally accepted as worthy of such praise:— Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies.

It has been said that a man is what he knows. And it may be set down as an axiom that the Christian Scientist succeeds in proportion as he persists in knowing only Truth, and in refusing to know error.

Over and over again through the books of the Bible are we reminded of the comprehensive significance of grace, the eternality of its source, and the measure of its inclusive fullness. The writers of the New Testament records and letters, in their admonitions to the people of their own vicinity, as well as to those far afield, are ever reiterating the infinite nature of grace, and its saving power.

On page 1 of "Rudimental Divine Science" Mrs. Eddy, its Discoverer and Founder, has defined Christian Science "As the law of God, the law of good, interpreting and demonstrating the divine Principle and rule of universal harmony;" and, again, in the same article, on page 4 she says, "Science is Mind manifested.

There is an old apothegm to the effect that every man can be reached if one but know enough to take the right road. That this road is the only right way of approach goes without saying, and to discern and follow it evidences that wisdom in dealing with men without which one is sure to blunder to a degree that hazards success in his efforts to help them.

The human concept of greatness invariably attaches itself to personality. A man may be termed great because he has built up a great commercial enterprise, or it may be that the exigencies of war have afforded opportunities for him to display great powers of generalship, great courage, or great faithfulness, and he stands out conspicuously because of his achievements.

During the period of each of our terms of office as a Trustee of The Christian Science Publishing Society, we have striven to uphold what we believed to be Mrs. Eddy's design for the welfare and maintenance of the Society.