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IN method and in purpose Christian Science is essentially constructive. It tears down only to build anew.

QUITE apart from Biblical history, one reads of men all down the ages who have gained glimpses of the truth that there is a Mind far above the human in wisdom, understanding, and power. For instance, the stoic philosopher, Epictetus, who lived in the first century, said: "Always that which happens is what I wish.

THE second declaration in the Lord's Prayer is, "Hallowed be thy name," and its spiritual interpretation, as given by Mrs. Eddy in Science and Health ( p.

IN the fourteenth chapter of Ezekiel we find these words: "Son of man, these men have .

PERHAPS no one group of persons has oftener been assailed by hatred and envy than the class which is accounted rich in a material sense. Not long ago, two friends were talking on this subject, and one said, "I have not been able yet to make my financial demonstration.

HEAVEN is what every one wants and is seeking, even if he does not call it heaven. All this human strife and struggle is the effort to obtain a fuller and better sense of life, and the best of everything that it affords.

THERE is such a wide-spread feeling of terror regarding thunder-storms, that an experience in the overcoming of such fear in one who had always a great dread of them, may be helpful to others struggling with the same problem. During a veritable tempest, with incessant vivid flashes of lightning and consequent heavy peals of thunder, it was an inestimable privilege to be able to "stand fast.

HUMANITY'S supreme need is to understand God;and by applying this understanding in daily life, every problem may be solved. God is not physically manifest, hence the great verities of Spirit can only reach us spiritually, through the medium of His own ideas.

The teaching of the Bible must be scientific rather than dogmatic, if, as it purports, it is a statement of the truth about God and His creation, since infinite Truth is absolute Science. Further, the teaching of the Bible must be scientific rather than dogmatic, if, as is now largely conceded, it points the way to universal salvation.

IN Science and Health Mrs. Eddy asks, "Who, that has felt the perilous beliefs in life, substance, and intelligence separated from God, can say that there is no error of belief?" Then she points to the remedy when she adds: "Christian Scientists must live under the constant pressure of the apostolic command to come out from the material world and be separate" ( pp.