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THE illumination of the understanding which accompanies the study of Christian Science discloses the antipodal nature of Truth and error, of the true creation and the material counterfeit. Mrs.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE teaches that substance, law, causation, and consciousness are forever in and of Spirit, and that the aspect of materiality, imperfection, and evil with which things seem invested, is of logical necessity transient, and foreign to the universe as it actually exists. This being the case, the transformation of earthly conditions, foretold by Jesus and depicted by St.

WHEN Jesus said to his followers, "Ye are the light of the world," he did not refer to any human quality or characteristic, but to the spiritual understanding which had begun to dispel the darkness of material belief and to make plain the way of salvation from all evil. For centuries the people had been watching and waiting for that which would deliver them from the bondage of the oppressor.

THERE is one infallible test by which a true follower of the Christ may be distinguished from those who are followers in name only, and it is one upon which perfect reliance may be placed, since it was given to us by Christ Jesus himself,—"By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. " Through the dust and din of nineteen centuries has come down to us this message of the Christ, profound in wisdom, unanswerable in argument, yet so sweetly simple that "the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein ;" for we all recognize love whenever and wherever we find it.

WE are told in Matthew's account of the cleansing of the temple, that after Jesus had cast out "them that sold and bought," "the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. " The healing is described as following immediately upon the cleansing, and thus a lesson is conveyed to every practical Christian.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Brooklyn, N. Y.

WHY do you call evil error?" asks the newcomer in Christian Science. "Evil appears to us just as often as good, and often more poignantly.

IF our concept of love does not embrace something of the divine, if it is not pure, unselfish, uplifting, and compassionate, it is not love but its counterfeit. Mrs.

IN Science and Health Mrs. Eddy says, "Heaven is not a locality, but a divine state of Mind in which all the manifestations of Mind are harmonious and immortal, because sin is not there" ( p.

STUDY of the Bible, however careful, without the "Key" that opens up its spiritual meaning, and therefore its use to us, is much like the study of some lovely piece of silk embroidery from the back instead of the front. The difficulties of the work may be seen from the back,—the knots and the fastenings; the great labor and patience which were required may be understood, and something of the design and coloring may be guessed at; but who that had never seen embroidery except from the back would in this way have any idea as to what it is like? Many people in their youth are obliged to spend much time in studying the Bible from this point of view, and it is not very surprising if in later years they discontinue such discouraging and unprofitable work.