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A Wonderful picture of church organization is given in the twelfth chapter of I Corinthians, where the church is symbolized by the human body with its varied functions and activities. The various branches necessary to make a well rounded organization are described, and emphasis is laid on the necessity for harmonious introactive cooperation in order to accomplish constructive work.

It is possible that the word brethren, one definition of which is "members of a brotherhood," reaches its highest interpretation in that very rendering. Surely that was the significance in the Master's thought when he said, "All ye are brethren.

In the light of Christian Science the often misinterpreted Scripture passage, "Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth," finds a satisfactory explanation. We come to see that the son is chastened until he awakes to full consciousness of the Father's tenderness and care; until in fact he awakes to the realization that in his true, spiritual selfhood he is indeed a son, and takes upon himself the duties and privileges of sonship.

What or who is a Christian? What is the accepted definition of the word Christian? There is very little if any difference in the definitions given by the leading lexicographers, one of them being, "A disciple of Jesus Christ; one whose profession and life conform to the teaching and example of Christ. " Millions of people throughout the world profess Christianity and call themselves Christians, although affiliating with different ecclesiastical denominations whose numbers and names are almost legion.

There is no love without service, and there is no service to be compared to loving service. There is a joy and a blessing which come through unselfish labor for others that can be obtained in no other way.

It was a bleak day in winter. A Christian Scientist was returning from the home of one who was in a sense of great suffering, and her heart was filled with the desire to realize the healing power of the ever present Christ.

It is deeply significant that the opening paragraph of the chapter, Science of Being, beginning on page 268 of Science and Health, contains reference both to the thought liberation of the age of mechanical invention and to the simultaneous entrance of woman into the arena of general inquiry for a more metaphysical explanation and adjustment of the problems of existence. "Materialistic hypotheses," Mrs.

When Jesus was questioned by Pilate as to the purpose of his mission, he replied, "To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. " He repeatedly affirmed that he came to do the will of the Father.

A message of good cheer for the active and prospective soldier is to be found in the seventeenth chapter of I Samuel. Therein is contained an account of the power of God's law of preservation during time of war, and the truth in the narrative illumined by the light of Christian Science becomes a veritable shield for the modern warrior.

Throughout all the ages the human heart has been the receptacle for countless ideals and aspirations. In the innermost consciousness of every one there is and always has been a never ceasing desire to attain that which ever seems unattainable, to reach out for things whose approach, miragelike, is ever beyond the grasp.