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SEVERAL years ago there lived in the Zuni mountains of New Mexico a whole neighborhood of people who were submitting themselves to the jurisdiction of a court of law, held down in the valley, which was presided over by a justice of the peace inimical to the mountain folk, a man who lost no opportunity to show his enmity to people of the Anglo-Saxon race. The mountaineers could see no way of escape from this situation, which had existed for a long time, since they were far from civilization and it cost much money and loss of time to travel to Albuquerque, where the higher court was held.

WHEN Jesus of Nazareth propounded the problem of human relationship in the four words, "Who are my brethren?" his closest kindred confronted him. His drastic summary of the whole matter in the reply, "Whosoever shall do the will of God," has startled students by its very simplicity.

AMONG the very last verses of the Bible is a message from the life of Jesus, describing him as "the root and the offspring of David. " A hasty glance at the respective careers of these two monumental characters along the line of spiritual advance, finds apparently little or no element in common.

WHAT queer conceits mortals have as to the real meaning and significance of law! We seem to be governed all the time by some kind of law, and yet how little we know about it! How few of us could give a satisfactory answer to the question, What is law? In our human relationships, in our adjustment to atmosphere, climate, occupation, environment, it would seem as though we were involved continuously in a question of law. Beyond the comprehension that law is an intangible force operating in the affairs of men, controlling and governing them, and that it is always accompanied by a penalty of some kind, the general concept of it may be said to be more or less vague.

SCIENCE AND HEALTH tells us (p. 521) that "the harmony and immortality of man are intact.

THE distinction between Christian Science and all non-Christian methods of healing is important in constitutional law. A quotation from "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE is teaching the world that spiritually right thinking will establish right and abolish wrong in human affairs. Mrs.

THE uncertainty of conclusions based upon circumstantial evidence is familiar to the average person, and numberless are the instances known to lawyers where the application of the supposed scientific rule of proof by circumstances has been anything but sure in its nature and just in its effect. Much of legal anecdote rests upon the uncertainty of circumstantial evidence, and it would be harrowing to enumerate the cases in history where judgments which have been carried to execution have subsequently appeared to have proceeded from false premises.

IN the twentieth chapter of the second book of Kings we read that King Hezekiah, who seemed to be sick unto death, was given this command through the prophet Isaiah: "Set thine house in order. " Being thus thoroughly aroused to his condition, he prayed to God, and as a result the prophet brought him this message: "Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee.

THE first glad impulse of those set free from sin and sickness through Christian Science is the desire to pass the healing cup to others. This outgoing of loving gratitude forms the endless chain which is linking the world in a vital consciousness of the fatherhood and motherhood of God, and the brotherhood and sisterhood of man.