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In the teaching of Christ Jesus we find an imperative demand that we should forgive our debtors, as well as the need expressed of being ourselves forgiven. In the searching light of his loving command and counsel we are impelled to examine ourselves as to how and in what kind of spirit we forgive.

No one has seen so clearly as our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy, the necessity of Christian Scientists becoming a law to themselves.

Though broad-mindedness has ever been considered an admirable quality, human conceptions of broad-mindedness have continued at the best to be limited and indefinable. Humanity in its readiness to be content with any pleasing prospect has frequently ignored the fact that the breadth and real import of the view increased proportionately with the height of the vantage-point.

It is a safe plan, when problems come up for solution and we are led to wonder whether our methods are right, to make a more systematic investigation. For this purpose the Bible, with Science and Health, a dictionary, with pen and paper, are frequently found to be most excellent friends, and it is indeed a profitable way of spending a happy evening.

In the fifth chapter of the epistle of James we find directions given as to how a Christian should proceed in time of affliction. The fourteenth verse deals with the healing of disease as follows: "Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

From the many words in constant use the meaning of which we but faintly appreciate, "dream" might be selected as one of the most interesting to study from the metaphysical standpoint. The importance of this word and its derivatives may be judged from the fact that in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs.

Students of Christian Science find much reason for gratitude in the fact that its teachings fit them to understand the hitherto unexplained problems of human experience through its presentation of high spiritual ideals. On page 126 of "Miscellaneous Writings" Mrs.

Since the process of making a living has always been attended with difficulty ever since the day when Adam began to get his supply from matter and to earn his bread in the sweat of his face, it is not surprising that quite as many persons seem to be struggling with what is popularly termed "the business problem" as with any other phase of human experience. We are all busy at something, and we want that something to be successful, and if it is not successful we want to know why.

As a factor of Christianity the purpose of prayer is that by its means men may become conscious in their present environment of the power and presence of God, and make practical the truth of man's unity with his Maker,—not in a mere intellectual or emotional sense, but as an individual demonstration and experience. Whatever fails of accomplishing this purpose, or that offers no certainty of its accomplishment, is not the manner of prayer which the Master taught and which he so effectively used in his ministry.

ONE of the most, frequent criticisms of Christian Science made by those ignorant of its spiritual understanding is that Mrs. Eddy's name is too prominently used in the church services, and in the Christian Science literature as well.