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The Christian world is agreed, that of all the past has bequeathed to the present, and of all the present is privileged to bestow upon the future, the Bible is preeminent, holding, as it ever has and does, priceless blessings for the generations of mankind following each other adown the ages,—a veritable storehouse of the most vital truths touching their well-being. While it might be difficult, in view of the differing degrees of progress from sense to Soul, to say which of the mighty statements of truth in the Bible is most pregnant with immediate helpfulness to the individual, yet there is one which, in its rebuke to mortal procrastination, in its sharp reproof to the persistence of error, speaks to one and all when it says, in the prophetic words of Isaiah, "Unto me every knee shall bow.

The crowd grows in numbers as the time draws near for the hospital gates to be opened. The midday sun is lighting up this and other streets of the great city.

From early childhood the writer has been familiar with the Bible stories, their simple language far outweighing the fascinating romances of the famed "Arabian Nights' Entertainments" and other tales dear to the youthful heart. Among the best-loved was the story of Moses, and as with growth has come greater ability to recognize the lessons in this divinely directed career, interest has increased.

Now that nearly every American legislature has been asked to forbid the practice of Christian Science and has refused, a bill expressly directed against the practice of this religion is seldom introduced. The commonest bill is one usually entitled, "A bill for an act to regulate the practice of medicine.

In a well-loved psalm King David proclaims, "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. " God, he declares, is his shepherd; therefore, he cannot want.

In approaching the belief of evil from the standpoint of Christian Science, it might be noted at the beginning that the apparent presence of evil conditions among mankind is not denied. If we look through the lens of human belief, we find on every hand the evidence of sin, crime, misery, disease, poverty, etc.

When Jesus appeared to some of his disciples at the sea of Tiberias, almost his last words, thrice repeated, contained the loving charge to Peter, "Feed my sheep. " His earthly work with the disciples was nearing completion.

The Master's words, "Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven," may en superficial consideration seem cf no application to our time, since Christianity is an established fact and undoubtedly stands in a measure for a better concept of righteousness. Even outside of religious aspects it might seem rather an easy matter to exceed the righteousness of the Pharisees and to reach higher standards of conduct.

One of the most important among the many good effects of Christian Science on its earnest students, is the opening up of the Scriptures,—the enlarged appreciation for the "Book of books," also with an increasing ability to gather the spiritual riches contained therein. Throughout the Christian era the Bible has been regarded as a well-spring of inspiration and help, directly proportional to the degree of spiritual-mindedness in the reader, while the cumulative good which it has accomplished is probably beyond all computation.

It has long been demonstrated that sound is a mental impression, that it is not explained by the material organism. In truth, we hear with our thought, and whether we are listening to the songs of angels or the discords of materiality, depends upon that to which our individual attention is directed.