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The Scripture declares: "One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

The Christianity of Jesus healed the sick. His command to every follower was to heal.

The student of Christian Science is, in the very nature of things, introspective. An important part of his work is to see whence thoughts come and whither they lead.

It is a never failing inspiration to read the different accounts of the public ministry of Jesus of Nazareth, for thereby one becomes gratefully and reverently conscious of the power of good which he continually manifested. Wherever he might be, under whatever conditions, it was evident that a strong yet quiet influence made itself felt instinctively.

When we drop a letter into the mail box, usually all care regarding the safety of that letter ceases. Train wrecks, fires, theft, or other casualties which might possibly overtake it do not enter our thought.

One of the remarkable changes resulting from the war has been the cooperation of men and women in carrying on the work of the country, and especially in the newly organized work for the national defense. As Christian Scientists we see, however, that this equality now becoming manifest is simply the result of the activity of Truth.

No one can seriously deny that sin brings suffering into human experience; this fact is too clearly seen in the suffering of the criminal, the debauchee, the inebriate, and others whom mankind in general look upon as having transgressed some special law. The statement, however, that all suffering is directly or indirectly the result of sin, does not meet with such ready acceptance.

It is now generally agreed that all real progress in human welfare is marked, not so much by material discovery and invention, as by a better understanding of and a truer love for God and man. The possession of many of the present day material inventions, when unaccompanied by substantial growth Godward, may work against, rather than for, the world's true betterment.

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.