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One student at least is learning to be very grateful for the proofs of God's care which come to us in the form of trials, when divine Love and wisdom is urging us out of a state of arrested growth to greater progress, development, and fruitage. From the earliest days of her study of Christian Science, the writer appreciated the privilege of subscribing for The Christian Science Journal and the Sentinel, and when in November of 1908 The Christian Science Monitor was launched on its healing way, she became a subscriber and daily reader of that wonderful newspaper.

It may be of some encouragement to the beginner engaged in the distribution of our literature, to hear the experience of a Christian Scientist on an ocean trip. The ship was joined at an intermediate port, and before the passengers returned from sightseeing the literature was placed invitingly in both first and second class music rooms and library.

When through Christian Science a clearer and more exact sense of existence is gained, it seems strange to hear men speak of their opportunities as things which come and go by chance. Many there are who regard opportunity as something which occurs but seldom in any man's experience: that if he is ready for it and embraces it, it may mean success; if on the other hand he misses or neglects it, then failure is the necessary consequence, and he is left to drag out the rest of his existence in despair.

In the early days of the Christian Science movement, Mrs. Eddy was ordained as a minister of the gospel.

Measure is defined in the dictionary as the "act or process of ascertaining the extent, dimensions, quantity, degree, capacity, or the like, of a thing. " Ever since remotest antiquity men have recognized the necessity of measurements in order to facilitate commerce, to exchange ideas, or even to think correctly.

Some years ago when the present form of church service was promulgated by our revered Leader, Mrs. Eddy, those who had not risen in thought to perceive the leading of divine Principle in this radical departure from long established usage, were quite disposed to express the opinion that people would soon cease attending Christian Science services.

On page 283 of "Miscellaneous Writings," Mrs. Eddy, "after definitely giving the rule in regard to "Obtrusive Mental Healing," and the two exceptions to this rule, says, "I insist on the etiquette of Christian Science, as well as its morals and Christianity.

When Shakespeare declared that "all the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players," he gave out an aphorism the truth of which is obvious chiefly because the self-importance of the average player tends to eclipse the purpose of the play. The true function of the actor is fidelity to the ideals of the artist whose thought he images.

A little black-bordered letter, telling its tale of grief and loss, dropped into the lap of the recipient. With a strong desire that she might send back a message of comfort and cheer instead of adding the burden of mere human sympathy to the sorrow of her friends, she sat looking out of the window and opening her heart to the allness of Life as understood in Christian Science.

There is, perhaps, no greater test which the student of Christian Science is called upon to endure than that of maintaining "faith and patience" when misunderstood and misjudged for the kingdom of heaven's sake. Quite often the circumstances are such that it is impossible for him to make any explanation, or to say anything which would make others see that he is in the right.