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Simply as a story, the book of Esther is fascinating. To the casual reader it is worth while from the peculiarly interesting way in which character is delineated; but to the metaphysician the book is full of food for thought, so much more being implied than the mere words convey.

The word emanation is used on page 519 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," where Mrs. Eddy writes in this connection: "Deity was satisfied with His work.

In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy gives the metaphysical meaning of wilderness in the following illuminating definition ( p.

A Christian Scientist is an individual whose consciousness is so touched by the truth, so liberated and purified, that he is declaring himself on the side of good, of reality, in all circumstances. And this intelligent affirmation and persistent declaration depends upon realization,—reflection,—for God is seen to be All-in-all.

Reiterating the teachings of Christ Jesus, Christian Science dismisses the notion that heaven is reached through death and departure to some other sphere. Despite the fact that death is designated in the Bible as an enemy, many human beings still hug the notion that, on the contrary, it is the one friend through which all may expect to gain complete release from suffering.

Adventure —a word of many colors! To one it may bring memories of a mellow moon rising from a southern sea; while within another's thought flares up a splendid vision of northern lights glorifying northern skies,—for almost ever do we seek adventure down the distances. Yet, oddly enough, the Latin from which the word is derived means "to come to.

In the experience of the Christian Science practitioner the question is sometimes asked of him, "Others' are instantaneously healed; why is my healing slow?" The reply of one practitioner is, "Let us look into this and find the mental condition requisite for quick healing. " By way of illustration one specific instance may be cited.

No doubt many beginning to attend the Christian Science church services are struck by the positive tone given out by the reading, at the beginning of the Lesson, of the Explanatory Note from the Quarterly. It announces that "the Bible and the Christian Science textbook are our only preachers," and that "Scriptural texts, and their correlative passages from our denominational textbook,— these comprise our sermon.

The figure of the potter and the clay is frequently employed in the Hebrew Scriptures to illustrate the spiritual relationship between God and man. For example, we read in the sixty-fourth chapter of the book of Isaiah, "But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

The Old Testament is a continuous record of God's dealings with individuals or races and of their response to divine grace. Of the many compacts recorded, the Sinaitic covenant will be considered at this point, and its connection with the new covenant, or gospel of Christ, together with the relation of both to Christian Science.