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What is basic is a question of causation. The riddle of the ages is the supposition of material causation with its consequent material effects and laws—its Adam man, its rib woman, and the loss of harmonious being.

On page 238 of "Miscellaneous Writings" those wonderful lines written by Mrs. Eddy, if studied faithfully, must arrest our thought and cause a self-examination as to whether we have begun to perceive even dimly the true meaning of the word endurance.

The daily recurrence of human needs is a perplexing problem to the beginner in Christian Science, and past experience often leaves a doubt as to whether it is wise or safe to rely, for its solution, on the teaching of Jesus. This question is fundamental to the understanding of the relation of God and man, and if ignored will lead to confusion and fear in the thought of the student.

Satisfaction is a state of being toward which every member of the human race is striving, and this because human nature is ever yearning for something more than it has. It feels its own incompleteness and is therefore continually, restlessly looking for something to satisfy its longing for completion.

The right use of the ballot is much more than the lawful exercise of a function of citizenship. It is even greater than the duty one owes to the state and its interest.

He who really wants to progress in spiritual understanding will give time to his object. Now time may be considered like gold; it may seem scarce, but if we honestly examine our lives we find that we usually find time to do what we want to do, and if we want to give our precious hours to the gaining of spiritual understanding, we shall do so.

On page 282 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," the Christian Science text book, Mrs. Eddy, speaking of "figures of being," says, "The circle represents the infinite without beginning or end; the straight line represents the finite, which has both beginning and end.

A POEM  by an anonymous writer has for its central theme the rather depressing assertion that "a bird with a broken wing never soars so high again. " It is one of many human maxims proved by Christian Science to be "foolishness with God," and as spiritual understanding lifts thought above materiality, it is proved that this false sense of things cannot limit right activity.

To the student of Christian Science the statement that God meets every need is always a comforting one but very often a misleading one. He is apt immediately to have dreams of sudden material wealth or worldly possessions as his reward for turning to God as the source of supply instead of looking to the old human sources to which he has been accustomed to look.

In these days of adjustment and reconstruction much is said about labor and the workingman, and a correct and mutual understanding of these terms is necessary for arriving at harmonious relations and contentment. At present there seems to be much unrest, whatever the work may be: in politics, in business, in manual labor among men, in housework among women.