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THE mortal sense of things is by its very nature limited and faulty, and those who accept its testimony live in a state of daily fear. It imposes burdens which are borne until the awakening to a right concept of God and man comes.

HISTORY and legend may dispute the claims of that heroic character, Joan of Arc, but literature, music, and art have found inspiration in her story. Led on by angelic summons and the visitation of a heavenly host, her courageous fidelity to her vision awakens thought to present hopeful endeavor.

A FRIEND writes to tell of an ex-clergyman who said to him in the course of conversation: "I consider that my education began only when I commenced to study Christian Science. " Large numbers of intelligent and cultured people are in the same position.

AMONG the countless unlisted impositions of self, one which is subtly detrimental to progress in Christian Science is the habit of comparison. This statement has in it no power to depress the student who has found a type higher than that measured by his own immediate attainment, but it should have power to weigh the thought which at any time renders the student either self-complacent or, contrariwise, mentally jaded.

THE question of supply touches each individual closely, for however favorably he may seem to be circumstanced there is always something which he believes is still needed to complete his satisfaction. According to the allegorical story of the beginning of the human race, this problem dates from the expulsion of mortals' first parents from Eden, and has continued to be a vital question for all humanity.

IN depicting the rise and growth of a church whose marvelous advance is unique even among the wonders of modern progress, it is impossible to do more than touch upon its salient features, though Mrs. Eddy has epitomized the Christian Science movement in her spiritual definition of "Church," as given in the text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.

IN the account of Jesus' life as given in the four gospels, we often read that when a season of trial confronted him, he ascended up into a mountain and there engaged in communion with the Father. It behooves us, therefore, to follow the example of the Wayshower, and before beginning any work of importance to seek that uplifted state of consciousness which enables us to commune intelligently with the one Mind.

IT is sometimes asked why, if the life and teachings of Christ Jesus were divinely inspired and were intended to show to mortals the way of salvation and to bring about the regeneration of mankind, the path which he indicated should have been missed and primitive Christianity have floundered into the bog of misunderstanding so comparatively soon after the termination of the Way-shower's earthly career. Why was this seeming failure permitted; why was the beacon-light allowed to become obscured to a degree which, although not amounting to actual extinction, nevertheless occasioned a dimness which served to accentuate rather than to illumine the all-pervading gloom? The answer to the foregoing question is suggested by a word in the question itself.

THE American daily press has recently had a good deal to say concerning the twenty greatest men who have "made the world what it is. " Following the first announced list have appeared revised lists made by prominent people who dissent more or less from the views expressed by the compiler of the initial score.

IN Christian healing the instantaneous demonstration has always made men marvel, some at the understanding of man, all at the power of God. In the healing work of Christ Jesus the immediate answer to his call on Truth was invariable, the one exception of the progressive healing of the blind man proving the rule.