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St. Paul's admonition to put off the old man and put on the new, is realized and exemplified to a marked degree by those who come into Christian Science from a worldly or godless life.

The importance of adopting an unvarying attitude of active resistance to the encroachments of evil, error of every sort, is an emphasized point in the teaching of Christian Science. We are all liable, if not to forget this, at least to minimize in thought the necessity for continual watchfulness, and for active resistance to aggressive intimation.

In the twentieth chapter of the book of Deuteronomy we read: "When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies .

There has been some comment concerning the non-participation of the Christian Science church in what is known as the "men and religion forward movement," and an extreme statement was made by a young man, much in need of the help which Christian Science alone gives, to the effect that he hesitated to try Christian Science because he inferred that it appealed chiefly to women. He had heard that Christian Scientists did not participate in the "men and religion" movement, because no serious expectation was entertained of enlisting men to any considerable degree in Christian Science work.

The explanation given to the disciples of Jesus respecting the darkness into which they had fallen was, "Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures. " At another time, seeing the hopelessness of controversy with the Jews, who had already made up their minds with regard to his teaching, he said, "Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life.

In that wonderful fourteenth chapter of John's gospel wherein is set forth a portion of the last instructions of Christ Jesus, he is quoted as saying, "The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me," therewith giving to the world one of the marvelously condensed lessons in the fundamental truth of Christianity which so thickly studded the few short years of his ministry. While not forgetful that the theological exposition of this declaration will be found in the statement of our text-book, it is not inept in us, perhaps, to examine the sentence for the light it may shed upon the every-day problems of humanity and for the sense in which it may be presumed Jesus used it.

With a growing appreciation of the qualities inherent in the child nature, the student of Christian Science understands how it was that Jesus esteemed childlikeness as one of the conditions essential to entrance into the kingdom of God, divine Truth; and one of the things that Christian Science does for those who become interested in it, is to awaken and increase their love for the little ones. In order to advance our own spiritual growth, we realize the importance of acquiring those qualities which we are told gain an entrance to that heavenly state of consciousness defined by Jesus as the kingdom of heaven within.

Visitors to the Wednesday evening meetings of the Christian Science churches are often startled by the frequent occurrence and recurrence in testimonies of such expressions as, "I am very grateful to God, also to Mrs. Eddy, for the blessings which have come into my life.

Moral courage comes with spiritual understanding. Nothing but an absolute conviction, based on knowing the truth, can secure the bravery requisite to meet the stings of fear and the threats of impending doom which the carnal mind hurls at those who are making the pilgrimage from sense to Soul.

Few problems are more difficult for the student of Christian Science to understand and satisfactorily solve than that of human relationships, or our duty to our fellow men. The whole question is such a vital one, and to the human sense so complicated, that we are often tempted to evade it altogether, or to defer the solution to some dim and distant future; yet until we have met and to some extent mastered it, we can make little real progress in our demonstration of Christian Science.