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The question asked of Jesus by Pilate, "What is truth?" is typical of a state of mind common to all people and in every age of the world. Although, perhaps, in a vast majority of cases the individual may be unable consciously to phrase the question, this in no way invalidates the statement.

The seventeenth chapter of The Acts of the Apostles tells of Paul's talking to the people of Athens on Mars' Hill, a place of assembly, and saying to them in part: "Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.

The history of the progress of mankind from a belief in a state of barbarism to a concept of civilization is a history of the changing concept of what constitutes government. The word government as ordinarily used means simply a workable system whereby men with differing viewpoints may get along together, and is based wholly upon a belief that the earth is peopled with innumerable beings, each of whom has an independent mind more or less in conflict with that of his neighbor.

The mechanism of the human mind resembles that of a great clock. To the casual reader of history its hands appear to be moving the whole time, but the clock-maker and the historian are aware that they alternately remain stationary and leap suddenly forward.

Every individual at some time has read or heard read the Scripture from Matthew, "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened," and has wondered why it is seldom if ever made practical. Often it has been dismissed in a spirit of unbelief, or, if through previous training or an innate reverence for the Bible one were fearful of admitting utter disbelief in the truth of the statement, he would at least venture that the statement did not apply to him or his time.

Fear engenders weakness. It is a negative state, an element of the belief that there is life in matter.

The Jewish nation gave to the A world intact the idea of monotheism. In the face of divers temptations to follow after the many gods of the nations around them and despite frequent lapses from the Mosaic law, the Hebrew people nevertheless handed down to future generations the worship of one God.

Students of Christian Science have cause for great rejoicing in their deliverance from any belief in the legitimacy of evil. Luck, fate, chance, or other such superstitions, as well as the theological dogma of a God who causes or permits harm to befall His children, have no place in Christian Science.

The instinct to learn is as natural to a normal child as the desire for food. True knowledge is as essential to his proper development as pure food.

There has been so much talk about propaganda during the last few years, and so much believed to be true which has later proved to be false, that it is more than ever necessary for one to be able to discern between the false and the true and to know one's own thinking from subtle mental suggestions. An almost obsolete meaning of the word suggest is, "To seduce, to prompt, to tempt.