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The unity or oneness of good, which underlies all truth, has been obscured by the belief that man has life and mind separate from God. This perversion of spiritual fact, from which spring all mortal phenomena, has produced the theory of dualism which teaches that man is both spirit and matter, both good and evil.

History records that the first teachers of the young were religionists. Their duty was to instruct the child in the particular creed of which they were representative, and to inculcate general morality.

Perhaps there is not anywhere a more graphic picture of multiplied human affliction than is given in the story of Job. No clear understanding of the salutary influence of suffering seems to have come to Job to comfort him in his sorrows until Elihu, the God-inspired man, gently turns Job's thought from its self-centeredness to a contemplation of God's power as manifest in nature.

Are we, as Christian Scientists, proving in our lives that "perfect love casteth out fear"? Is our living sufficiently characterized by restfulness and unhurrying calm? We may, perhaps, be happily free from a great overshadowing fear, but if upon examination we find ourselves apparently tinged more or less with the subsidiaries of fear, we shall do well to take immediate steps toward their destruction. Fear must not be allowed place in our thinking simply because it seems to be of a trivial nature.

Heaven is man's necessity. When analyzed, man's every effort is to achieve some concept of heaven,—or, as too often proves the case, some misconception of heaven,—which seems to promise, as he reaches for it, to add something to his sum of good.

Courts, which are human instrumentalities for the determination of truth in the administration of relative justice, have frequently had occasion to consider and define reputation and character. Judicial expression has not always been clear; and the common use of these words has often been both misleading and confusing.

We are told that when the apostle John attained a great age he talked little; however, he frequently repeated the words: "Little children, love one another. " When asked why he clung to this one thought tradition says he replied: Because it is the command of the Lord and if this is done, it is enough.

Salvation is gained in the ratio that Truth is understood and mortal selfhood is relinquished. The definition of salvation, as given by Mrs.

In these strange and stirring times, when the disintegration of mortal mind goes on apace, when strife and tumult walk hand in hand with limitation and fear, it is well to remember where our succor is. The terror of those outside the ark of safety is pitiful; but when we remember that it is likewise baseless, we rejoice in some understanding of good that disarms error.

The writer has many times read articles expressing gratitude for our Lesson-Sermons. A short time ago he had occasion to spend Sunday in a small town in which there was no church, and as he was not acquainted with any Christian Scientist in the place, he went to his room at the hotel, and held a service alone, according to the usual order, except that he acted as both First and Second Reader, and also as congregation.