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ALTHOUGH the discovery of Christian Science was in itself an event of supreme importance, its practical significance would have been lost to the world but for certain rare qualifications of leadership which enabled its Discoverer to become the pioneer of a new dispensation. More than one spiritually minded individual in the past had experienced the vision of man as God constitutes and knows him; but it remained for Mrs.

ONE of the inherent tendencies of the finite mind is to make outlines and plans as a basis for future activities. An outline of what it is going to do tomorrow seems necessary to a knowledge of how to proceed today.

AN ever recurring problem with thoughtful men and women, and one seemingly not easy of solution, is the question, Can the evils now going on in the world, with their indescribable presentments of horror and misery, rightfully be ascribed to God? Whatever religionists of other creeds may offer, Christian Scientists unhesitatingly and unequivocally answer, "A thousand times, No!" And they are assured that their instant and emphatic denial of this mistaken sense of Deity is true, for the religious philosophy which has become a large part of their daily thinking makes any other answer quite impossible. They have come to think of God in such a way that an affirmative answer would seem blasphemous.

IN the familiar hymn which begins, "Prayer is the heart's sincere desire" (Hymnal, p. 91), occurs the line, "He enters heaven with prayer.

WHAT a moment that is when we first catch a glimpse of the all-power and all-presence of God, and remember at the same time that His name as well as His nature is Love! This is a divine revelation which comes to every waiting heart. Unless the Christian Scientist is living in daily communion with God, and has come to understand in a measure what is meant when God is spoken of as divine Principle, the temptation is to think that His presence and His power are intermittent and spasmodic.

THOUGH many blessings have come to the writer through Christian Science, she is especially thankful that the knowledge of this religion came to her while her children were yet young,—one was two and the other three years old,—so they could receive their early training in accordance with its teachings. From that time until the present Christian Science has been the only remedy for every discord, physical or mental.

THE influence of Christian Science is being felt in every phase of modern life. Men and women rated high and low, rich and poor, famous and insignificant, are all alike in their ability to receive aid and comfort from its inspired teaching about God and man in His likeness.

NO greater questions are presented to humanity than these: What is God? What is man? The answers are found in the Bible, and they satisfy the weary searchers after Truth who gain a spiritual apprehension of their meaning. The first chapter of Genesis presents a complete record of creation, or revelation.

HUMANLY speaking, the writer's great problem had always been that of lack, the belief in poverty having to mortal sense been hereditary; and while results in physical healing were obtained from the beginning of her study of Christian Science, it was long before the other problem gave any sign of yielding. She well remembers how eagerly she looked for testimonies bearing on this subject of overcoming want, and trusts the story of her experience may prove helpful to others.

AFTER Jesus had seen the heavens opened, following his act of humility and obedience in being baptized of John, and beheld the dove descending, and heard the voice declaring him to be God's "beloved Son," we are told that he was "led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. " The narrative says that he "fasted forty days and forty nights" before the tempter assailed him.