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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.

WHILE many Christians may be willing to accept as true, and possibly as axiomatic, the statement made by Mrs. Eddy in Science and Health (p.

IN the thirtieth chapter of Deuteronomy we read that Moses said to the people: "I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: that thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days. " The whole record of the Jewish people points to an intense conviction that if only they could ascertain and obey the will of God, all the problems of existence would be solved.

THE fallibility of human knowledge is the lament of the ages; yet the thirst of intellect has based the highest achievements of the race, for despite the siren lure of personal attainment, which has wrecked many a brave quest, the honest desire for truth, and truth alone, has ever pervaded the search for satisfying knowledge. Seeking for results, we find that physical science, perplexed by many and deep questionings, confesses mind beyond its scope; while no system of ethics or metaphysics has convincingly reduced to law the phenomena of consciousness.

WHEN ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass. " These are the words which Christ Jesus once spoke to his disciples in connection with the ultimate utter destruction of all things material.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE occupies its distinctive position among the Christian denominations solely because it is reducing to practice the teaching of God's infinitude. While the churches are mainly agreed that this teaching is true, there has been little disposition to apply it literally to the problems of human existence, notwithstanding that only through such application can the kingdom of God be brought to the human consciousness.

Man  lives by divine decree. He is created, governed, supported, and controlled in accord with the law of God.

In the first chapter of Genesis we read that God determined the name and nature of all His ideas, and many times it is declared, "God saw that it was good. " Then in the allegory in the second chapter, we read that Adam gave names to all the creatures, these names standing for qualities which were not to be found in the divine creation.