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ST. PAUL said, "For me to live is Christ," and in this short sentence he reveals the heart of Christian Science.

ONE vital respect wherein Christian Science differs from other denominations is in its explanation of prayer, thousands having been guided to a realization of health upon a spiritual basis from Mrs. Eddy's teaching on this subject in the first chapter of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.

IN Bible metaphor the tree is frequently used as a figure in Christ's kingdom. Earthly kingdoms as well as men are also compared to trees.

IN "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" we read: "How true it is that whatever is learned through material sense must be lost because such so-called knowledge is reversed by the spiritual facts of being in Science" ( p. 312 ).

TO some people who are not acquainted with the workings of Christian Science in a practical way, the form of government provided in the Manual of The Mother Church seems to conflict with the ideal of spiritual freedom held out in the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy.

IN the Preface to the Christian Science text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mrs. Eddy explains briefly but forcefully her specific relation to the establishment of the Christian Science movement.

IT has been sagely said by Emerson that "we must be as courteous to a man as to a picture which we are willing to give the benefit of a good light. " We have only to observe our thoughts and words for a short time in order to see how seldom this just consideration is shown our fellow man.

THE true meaning of the word substance was brought very forcibly to the attention of the writer, a short time since, through the earnest appeal of a friend, a man of education, who was honestly and sincerely seeking to learn more about Science. He had, however, the common trouble of being unable to distinguish between sense and Soul, the material and the spiritual, and was greatly concerned to know why man's physical body, so plain to be seen, is not substance.

The modern philosopher who spoke thus to a friend, "Tell me of your beliefs; I have doubts of my own," was unconsciously voicing a wide-spread appeal. What he intended to convey was, that doubt, being negative and destructive, is useless for any high and holy purpose.

The writer was particularly interested in the following statement contained in the clerk's report of the annual meeting of The Mother Church, June 8, 1912 ( Sentinel, p. 804): "There has been much to indicate that the year's growth and development have been largely due to an increased understanding on the part of Christian Scientists of their individual responsibility,—a clearer realization that the problems, both of the individual and of our church organizations, can only be solved through the impersonal, unselfish demonstration of God's unerring guidance.