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" KNOW thyself," that ancient precept described by an English poet as "the heaven-sprung message of the olden time," seems to acquire a new intensity of wisdom in the light of Christian Science. The householder of Jesus' parable brings forth things new and old; and because the old is side by side with the new, both are enriched by this juxtaposition.

IN the seventh chapter of Exodus we read, "And Moses was four-score years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto pharaoh. " Eighty years old, and just beginning his life work! For it was after this that the signs and wonders were shown in Egypt, after this that the journey into Canaan was begun.

EVEN in these days of vivid happenings, the story of the little party of marooned antarctic explorers is one that brings a thrill to the heart and tears to the eyes, while the account of their rescue outfictions the most imaginative tales of modern writers. For months these men were to mortal sense existing on a narrow ledge of ice, scarcely able to move, and with hardly enough food to sustain life; but one man among them, the second in command, never gave up hope.

It was easy enough to grow trees,—anybody could do that; but to raise lemons, and lemons that would keep,—that was a different proposition. " The place was southern California; the speaker, a man who had spent many years in the development of a large fruit ranch, and whose achievements in this line had given a wide reputation to the fruit bearing his label.

IN Science and Health ( p. 250 ) Mrs.

PURE Christianity's teaching is that God is Spirit; His kingdom a mental abode in the affections of man; His reign a glorious and everlasting one; that the signs or fruits of the kingdom are found in the exercise of divine qualities, such as spiritual activity, goodness, righteousness, truthfulness, love; and that the citizens of the kingdom are men and women under the control of supreme wisdom, reflecting God's power in intelligent and loving dominion over God's lesser ideas. Even while he tarried among men St.

No student of current religious life and happenings can have failed to note the tendency of its propaganda, as a whole, toward educational methods. The appeal to the emotions, and especially to fear, which has characterized most evangelical efforts, has largely given place to the appeal to intelligence.

There is no incident in the New Testament but will be found upon analysis to have some profound meaning at the back of the simple fact related. Mrs.

What is known as Christian Science treatment is often misunderstood by those who are not students of this Science, and is imperfectly understood even by some who are, that phase of treatment commonly called "paying the practitioner" being as little understood as the rest. A frequent misconception is that the definite provision of pay for a practitioner is solely for the benefit of the practitioner, whereas it is of at least equal benefit to the one who seeks help.

The first desire for spirituality that the writer can remember was occasioned when her mother sang to her the familiar hymn,— I think, when I read that sweet story of old, When Jesus was here among men, How he called little children as lambs to his fold, I should like to have been with him then. The longing thus expressed became her own when a book of Bible stories was read aloud.