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Biblical history fails to mention the name of the first daughter born to the human family, or to give her father's name; and in its early narrative, covering a period of over two thousand years, the word daughter is rarely used, except in genealogical records of "sons and daughters. " This omission no doubt had its origin in error of belief regarding woman's God-given place in the order of creation; for God has no nameless offspring.

The numerous prophecies recorded in the Scriptures of the ultimate restoration of the house of Israel have until recently aroused but little general interest, for the simple reason that Israel as a nation, or as a distinct race, has for twenty centuries or more completely lost sight of itself. After the Assyrian captivity of the northern kingdom of Israel had spent itself, the Israelites, unlike the people of the southern kingdom of Judah, did not return to their own land, but scattered themselves among other countries and drifted out of historical knowledge or record.

In the Hebrew language certain numbers have been so often associated with certain ideas that, in many instances, symbolism has nearly replaced the numerical force of these numbers. This is true of the number seven, which was adopted generally as a sacred number symbolizing the perfection and completeness of God.

Christian Science is bringing to mankind a new understanding of obedience. It rends the veil of blind submission to an unknown and far-off God, of emotional observance of outward rites, or acceptance of coldly intellectual creeds.

The problem of material supply, induced by a belief in matter as substance, can only be solved by a comprehension of true supply in its relation to the phenomena we call food, clothing, and shelter. The pertinent question is, Are these things our supply? The answer is, As matter, no; but on page 27 of "Miscellaneous Writings," in speaking of a stone, Mrs.

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.