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The last seven verses of the fifth chapter of II Kings recount an incident in the life of a servant of the prophet Elisha which cannot be too deeply impressed upon the thought of those who have caught a glimpse of what it means to have the vision of good, the recognition of the ever presence and all-power of God, the God who is good. The great prophet.

Among the many interesting characters of the Old Testament, Joshua, the son of Nun, stands forth distinctly as one faithful in service to God and completely fearless in voicing the truth, regardless of the seeming multitude of enemies or strength of opposition. When called by Moses to lead the army of Israel against Amalek, he went out, confident in the power of God to give him the victory.

In one sense, man is ever young, fresh, buoyant. As the sun never ceases to send forth its rays of light, so does man ceaselessly radiate the vigorous, energizing animation of youthful being.

Education means "leading out. " It has not anything special to do with learning Latin or Greek.

It is cause for rejoicing that the time has long since passed when the healing and regenerating power of Christian Science can be doubted or scoffed at. Thousands of authentic cases of such healings are available through the well-known channels of the Wednesday evening testimony meetings, the weekly and monthly periodicals issued by The Christian Science Publishing Society, and the personal experiences which students of Christian Science are always happy to tell to each other and to all who may be seeking light on the subject.

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.