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SYMMETRY and perfection are prime characteristics of God's universe. Symmetry permits of no useless or unnecessary parts and of nothing out of place.

THE story of Naaman has been written about many times, yet its wonderful lessons are never exhausted. The material thought of the world has hidden a large part of the very practical help which can be gained from the narrative when it is interpreted in the light of Christian Science, a light which opens the human understanding.

NOT by human will, nor as by act of legislation, but by results, the truth is established. Upon the hypothesis that the earth is stationary and the sun revolves about it, the study of astronomy was more a detriment than an aid to human progress.

MANY individuals, after they begin to grasp the teachings of Christian Science, endeavor to reconcile some of the absolute statements found in its text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," with their own limited human knowledge or experience, and this oftentimes leads to a confused state of thought which opens the door for doubt and discouragement. Yet if the same individuals would accept some of the simpler statements which constitute the basic teachings or premises of Christian Science, just as they accept the fundamental facts or statements upon which the science of mathematics is founded, and then prove the verity of these statements by practical application with "signs following," there would be no occasion for uncertainty.

IN the first epistle of St. John we read: "He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning.

ON the seal of a western university may be read in the Latin form the familiar words of St. Paul, "Whatsoever things are true.

A FAMOUS painter has attempted to portray upon canvas the historic meeting between Jesus and the rich young ruler who came to inquire of the Master, "What good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?" The artist has painted the scene with rare skill and depicted the forms and faces of the striking characters with an inspired brush; but the incident is greater than the picture, and with all the well displayed genius of the painter and his sympathetic treatment of the great theme, there is much left for the thoughtful observer to supply. It appears from the story that there was that about the young nobleman which at first view kindled Jesus' interest and admiration.

FREEDOM! Liberty! How the races, nations, and individuals strive to gain them! This inscription, "Obedience to law is liberty," on the front of a court-house, is a clear, concise rule for attaining and maintaining liberty, a statement which places liberty clearly as a mental quality. When we recognize the fact so clearly taught by Christian Science, that God is the only Mind and hence the only lawmaker, we can say that obedience to God is liberty, and liberty belongs to all men as a normal state of consciousness.

CYRUS , king of the Persians, fought his way to supremacy two and a half millenniums ago by conquering the Semitic races that had ruled the earth "with a rod of iron. " An historian has spoken of their government, for example in Babylon, as "inconceivably cruel," for the reason, apparently, that they were devoid of the imagination which enables a man to think of himself in another man's place.

IN Science and Health ( p. 453 ) we find this comprehensive statement: "You uncover sin, not in order to injure, but in order to bless the corporeal man; and a right motive has its reward.