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IT is sometimes said, even by those who have made progress in the study of Christian Science, that this Science requires its students to separate themselves from their fellows and to work out their own salvation in a kind of mental aloofness and isolation; in other words, that the student must surrender all intimate associations and stand utterly alone. It would perhaps be difficult to find a more misleading and forbidding misconception of the real teachings of Christian Science and of the Bible,—forbidding as much to spiritual love and compassion as to the instincts of friendliness and good-fellowship so deeply embedded in the better human consciousness.

ALWAYS the appeal of Christian Science is to right reasoning and not to emotional ecstasy. Many an earnest Christian Scientist of today was at first prejudiced against what he had thought Christian Science to be, mainly because he had misconceived of it as merely a matter of thinking or saying that nothing is the trouble, even when one seems to be suffering.

WHEN the time draws near for the election of officers in the branch churches, it is fitting that every active worker for the cause should earnestly endeavor to manifest a keen, practical knowledge of how best to cast his vote for the highest welfare of the church of which he is a member. The word politics in a good sense is thus defined: "Sagacious in promoting a policy, wise, prudent.

IN Science and Health (p. 538) we read, "The sun, giving light and heat to the earth, is a figure of divine Life and Love, enlightening and sustaining the universe.

IN these days of the world's unrest and need, it is well to see where we stand and to make sure that we are doing our part in helping to solve the problem of human existence. Mrs.

EFFICIENCY is the watchword of the business man of today. He wants results.

JOHN , the beloved disciple, tells us he heard a loud voice in heaven proclaiming, "Now is come salvation, .

GREAT is the indebtedness of the Christian world to the apostle Paul for the wealth of spiritual teachings handed down in his letters to individuals and to the several churches with which he was closely associated during the years of his public ministry. He taught men to hold fast, without wavering, the profession of their faith; encouraged each to work out his own salvation, being ever mindful that it was God working in him "both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

AT the time of the storm upon the Galilean lake, when the disciples cried out to the Master to save them, the question which he put to them was, "Where is your faith?" It was evident from their self-confessed inability to cope with the situation that their faith in the power of matter to destroy them was greater than their faith in the power of Spirit, to save them; hence it is not surprising that to his very pointed question not one of them could answer a word. This is not the only instance in which Jesus had to do for his disciples the work they should have done for themselves.

EXPERIENCE of personal loneliness is dreaded in the ratio that each one prizes personal companionship. Humanity universally reaches out for congenial associations and friendships, and human happiness is believed to depend largely upon the fulfilment of that desire.