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Beyond the claimed healing of disease, what does Christian Science contribute to the welfare of the community, the state, or the nation?" was the query recently put by a man given to serious thought. "It maintains no charities, indulges in no social betterment plans, engages in no institutional work, joins in no campaigns for Christian unity or hygienic education.

A Small steamer was pushing its way against the swift rapids of the Columbia river. So strong was the current that the little craft with its burden of passengers was many times almost swept backward; yet it bravely, though slowly, pushed ahead in its tumultuous course, until it entered the quiet waters of a small canal.

The desire to increase his usefulness in the world is among the first aspirations which Christian Science incites in its student. This awakened desire, so vital in every individual's experience, finds no end of opportunity for its steady employment in the practical application of Christian Science.

The mission of Christ Jesus was a healing mission. He came to heal the world of sickness, sin, and death; to show us how to escape from evil.

The greatest spiritualizing movements in the world's history have had their inception in the life of some individual. This might, on first thought, seem to be due to superior personal qualifications for leadership, as is usually the case where extensive military or commercial exploits are concerned.

There was once a man who paid  a severe penalty for making what seemed like a very small mistake. The ark of God, which had been for some time in an alien land, was on its way back to Jerusalem, drawn in an ox-cart after the primitive fashion of those days, and under the immediate charge of the two sons of Abinadab, Ahio and Uzzah.

The psalmist's words, "That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations," are deeply significant as understood in Christian Science. It is sometimes very easy for a mortal to believe that he has a genuine coin in his pocket, only to ascertain later on that it was a counterfeit.

WHEN Balaam the prophet replied to the messengers of Balak, king of Moab, "I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more," he expressed a vital conviction, and one we do well to ponder. In the three chapters of the book of Numbers which describe the dramatic coming together and parting of Balaam and Balak, we learn how clearly the former, who spoke of himself as "the man whose eyes are open," saw how impossible it was for him to take from or add to the word of the Almighty.

THE goal of the Christian is life eternal; his direct route, right motive. The avowed motive of Jesus was that men "might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

OUR text-book teaches that "all is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all" ( Science and Health, p. 468 ).