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One of the things which Jesus said concerning the erroneous conduct of the Pharisees was this: "They bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. " No doubt many of us used to read this statement superficially and to think that what Jesus meant was that the Pharisees were not inclined to do anything for their fellow men, and that they did not try to live according to the precepts which they urged upon others.

The necessity for maintaining the purity of our Christian Science literature and preserving in its every phase the integrity of the movement, is becoming increasingly apparent to every sincere student of Mrs. Eddy's teachings.

Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me," thus indicating that there is but one right way to gain a knowledge of God, of divine Truth. It is therefore essential that one should understand what Christian Science means to the world.

Who does not love the coming of spring, as under the glow of light the barren wastes are transformed into loveliness and all the sunlit earth stirs from its somnolence to break forth into bud and blossom? To the thoughtful Christian Scientist it bespeaks that other awakening, when the light of Truth penetrates mortal error and in some hitherto unillumined consciousness there begins that spiritual unfoldment whose flower and fruitage shall go on throughout eternity. But just as the glory of June emerges slowly from winter's frosts, so does the full revelation of the divine Life unfold slowly in the human consciousness.

If we were at sea in a storm where all was confusion and imminent danger, and we were wise, we would keep calm and think and do the best thing possible to save the situation. We would resist the selfish temptation to yield our thoughts to the dread of shipwreck and death.

Mention in the first chapter of Genesis of the gift of dominion to man, immediately follows his characterization as the image and likeness of God. This dominion was to extend over all other forms of creation, "the fish of the sea" being the first named.

Among the many precepts intended to further the progress of the student of Christian Science in his passage from sense to Soul, few are more practically helpful to him than St. Paul's statement in his first epistle to the Corinthians, "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God.

The parables of Jesus are so rich in spiritual instruction that the lessons to be learned from them are as varied as human experiences. When they are studied in the right spirit, the earnest seeker for divine guidance often feels as though they were addressed to him personally; and so they are if he is ready for the lessons they are intended to teach.

PROGRESS may be defined as the advancement from imperfection to perfection. Since the divine Mind is eternally and unchangeably perfect, and its counterfeit, mortal mind, is by nature evil, and so incapable of perfection, it is only the human consciousness, which seems to be a mixture of good and evil, that is capable of progress toward perfection.

UNTIL humanity is entirely free from false belief it may be said that every human being stands in need of healing. Mankind in general believe in certain material so-called laws, with their attendant pains and penalties; and this universal belief, operating through the contagion of human thought, induces a fear of sickness, which in obedience to well recognized law externalizes itself on the body in varying phases of discordant conditions.