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Christian Science is, in legal parlance, "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. " It is the undivided garment, which covers not merely a part but all of that which is fundamental in life or necessary to the welfare of humanity.

When a party of people desire to climb a mountain which is difficult of ascent, an experienced guide or leader is usually chosen whose directions they obey, and all are expected to follow the path he selects. If during the ascent some one chooses to tread another path and induces others to follow him, this one by such action becomes a leader, either for a short time or a long one, although he may not be followed by more than two or three of the company.

Every one feels intuitively, if he does not understand it, that true freedom is the highest good, the one goal of all human endeavor. Love of freedom has always been the greatest theme of philosopher and poet, the inspiration of the reformer as well as the source of courage for the true patriot and soldier.

From the very first chapter of Genesis, in which creation is declared to be of God and wholly good, there runs through the inspired pages of the Bible the insistent reiteration that God is good, and beside Him "there is none else. " On page 469 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.

For centuries mankind has bowed down to a personal and limited concept of God. Now the government of any country is obviously the result of its understanding of law, of power, —in short of God; hence the government of countries worshiping an arbitrary God endowed with both good and evil qualities is naturally despotic.

A Belief in Truth is a step in the right direction; a practical faith relies on Truth and treads firmly where "strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life"; the understanding of Truth breaks the shackles of sin and disease, dispels the dark clouds of superstition and fear, overcomes the limitations imposed by material belief, and makes man free in good,— free to think, talk, and do good. Spiritual understanding is the acme of earthly attainment.

Jesus promised that the "Comforter," "the Spirit of truth," which was to come after him, would lead mankind "into all truth. " and this Comforter, Mrs.

The activities of so-called mortal mind, expressed as pride, selfishness, and fear, constitute the sense-dream inheritance which is corruptible, defiled, and which, through the operation of Christian Science, will finally pass away. Mortal mind can neither give us that which is good nor take it away; it does not touch reality.

Standing in a great forest and looking up at the colossal giants of pine as they grow in the East, the spruce and hemlock of the North, the redwood of the Pacific slope, or the mahogany and rosewood and cedar of the far South, who has not felt inspired at the sight? Looking through the canopy of green boughs into the immensity of a sky most beautifully blue, walking through nature's temple decorated in sunlight and shadow and gladdened by twittering nestling and mother bird's loving call, who, looking and laughing in very joyousness, has not turned in memory to the sweet singer of Israel and his beautiful simile in the first psalm, wherein he compares the godly man to "a tree planted by the rivers of water"? Thus thinking, one is reminded of the aptness of the comparison and finds new reasons for gratitude to God and to the Discoverer of Christian Science for the way-marks of Truth contained in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" that enable us to see so much of beauty and freshness and helpfulness in the Bible, which to some of us formerly seemed so unattractive and unsatisfactory because not understood. The lesson in the passage of Scripture referred to is only appreciated to the fullest through the recognition of the condition required to become the recipient of the blessings of growth and stability which the psalmist described as being "like a tree.

In a city room stood a bowl holding three narcissus bulbs, propped by pebbles in their little green lake. Within a day or two the bulbs began to send up slender green shoots, and the owner rejoiced in this quick growth until a visitor gave her the counsel of experience.