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There are times in nearly every one's experience when the bondage of matter seems intolerable; when there is an impelling desire to strike for freedom—if one only knew where to strike! And then, perhaps after a fruitless effort, the sigh follows, "How long, oh, how long!" These experiences are really tokens that there is a glorious land of freedom which man should now be enjoying. Mrs.

IT would appear to be the privilege of the human mind to consider itself immune from the perpetration of sins recorded against past generations of the human race; and this is because the human mind acts in a reverse manner to that indicated by Paul, the metaphysician, and wrestles with flesh and blood instead of with impersonal evil manifesting itself through every age and race. Many Christians have sung the stanza:— "When mothers of Salem their children brought to Jesus, The stern disciples drove them back and bade them depart; But Jesus saw them ere they fled and sweetly smiled and kindly said, 'Suffer little children to come unto me.

AN appellation for Christ Jesus which is cherished by all Christian Scientists is that of "the Wayshower. " The pathway in which he trod is the way, and he admonished all mankind to follow after him.

IN Jesus' temptations in the wilderness, after his fasting forty days and forty nights he became hungry. Mortal thoughts came tempting him, and he read them so perfectly and accurately that they seemed to speak aloud and say, "If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

FOR the beginner in Christian Science, demonstration is often easy; mountains of fear, disease, and sin are removed before the newfound faith in God which sees nothing as impossible. The result is such joyful wonder and thanksgiving at the perception of the real man, the image and likeness of God, as is expressed in the words, "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God.

IN the tenth chapter of John's gospel, Jesus is recorded as saying, "All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers. " Jesus could make this statement without in the least discrediting the work of the prophets who had preceded him, for he alone was to mark out the perfect path from sin to holiness, according to the perfect law of God.

NO one is too young a member or too ignorant to enjoy his share in the blessings of Christian Science, and no church member is too inexperienced to give his share toward the furtherance of the cause with which he has united, or to assist in the progressive working of his branch church organization. Young or new members are just as certainly a part of the whole membership as the old members, and the responsibilities of membership should not be left only to those who have assisted in the initial work of branch church building.

IN "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 88 ) Mrs.

EVEN the casual reader must observe that the Scriptures comprise a continuous record of the lives of those who have escaped some form of evil. Noah passing unharmed through the flood, Daniel escaping injury in the lions' den, the three Hebrews suffering no ill as the result of being cast into a fiery furnace, are all familiar instances of the escape of individuals; while the children of Israel led out by Moses from their execrable bondage to the Egyptians, and later in their history, when tormented by the Midianites, led by Gideon, victorious over these enemies, are well-known examples of national escape from harm.

THE harmony or inharmony of our lives depends upon our view of every circumstance, condition, person, or thing which comes within the circle of our experience. We cannot control people or events; but we can so learn to know God, good, as to be undisturbed by either.