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AT the present time, as well as in days long past, men have grown impatient at what seem the needlessly long delays in the establishment of righteousness in the world. In meeting this thought Peter says, "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

THERE is a sentence on page 124 of Science and Health, the spiritual understanding of which will loosen many a burden of suffering for mankind, remove many a yoke of fear, and break in sunder many a band of mortal law. It is as follows: "Adhesion, cohesion, and attraction are properties of Mind.

WE read in Exodus that "God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness. " It was not the way men would have taken, more especially if they could have foreseen forty years' wandering in the desert; but it was unerring guidance with a divine purpose in view.

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.