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IN the first chapter of Genesis we read that God's gift to man, who was made in His image and likeness, was dominion, and in Ecclesiastes it is stated that "whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it. " Logically, then, it follows that man cannot be separated from his heritage; and yet a mortal, reasoning from his material sense of life, finds at once a contradiction to this fact.

"TO those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings. " This opening line of the Preface to Science and Health ( p.

THE question of the attitude of readers in Christian Science churches toward the presentation of the Lesson-Sermon is one of vital importance to the growth of our cause. The nature and inherent tendency of the human mind is to assert itself, and this self-assertion when clothed with the letter of Christian Science is a thing to be carefully avoided, especially by those whose privilege it is to read in Christian Science churches.

THERE is but one law, governing all, and that is the law of God; hence it cannot be necessary for men to be sick and sinful. God knows no such law, and the real man cannot know what God does not know, for he is God's image and likeness.

It  is not an uncommon experience for Christian Scientists to entertain the belief that they can do better and quicker work for others than they can do for themselves. More than one earnest student has been, for the moment, discouraged by the suggestion that it is easier to heal others than to heal oneself.

THE genius of that remarkable phase of intellectual awakening known as the modern scientific spirit, lies in the determination it evinces to establish human learning on a basis of fact. The indefatigable energy displayed in canvassing previously unexplored fields, analyzing and tabulating data, and correlating the results of such observation, mark the climax of human enterprise in the quest of knowledge.

AS time lends to human judgment its more perfect perspective, and humanity begins to estimate as a whole the remarkable career of the great Leader and Founder of Christian Science, men irrespective of creed or nationality will acquire a better realization of the great helpfulness and educative value of her teaching. It is not alone that, impelled by the dire stress of her own physical extremity, as she has declared, she discovered and abundantly proved the fact of healing through divine Mind, and thus blessed and enriched the afflicted, the weary and heavy-laden of mankind for all time; but that with one grand burst, as it were, of spiritual illumination, she has interpreted and defined the voiceless longing, the hope of the ages, that could not die.

THE trend of modern thinking has been, on the whole, away from the former idea that membership in a church organization means in itself salvation from evil. Many modern church societies frankly affirm that they are only associations of earnest people who think alike, gathered together for mutual help and for the benefit of others, and many persons who have had this concept of a church have had a good deal of interest to know just what membership in a Christian Science church means to those uniting with that body.

THE possibilities for good inherent in each individual leave mortals without excuse for the failure to practise the best they know. The plea of personal inaptitude, or that one's circumstances and environment are unfavorable to spiritual growth, may appear plausible to human judgment, but they exempt no one from God's requirements.

To the student of Christian Science the older Bible narratives impart wisdom, understanding, and courage, and they illustrate the fruits of uncompromising faith in God, the infinite, omnipotent good. But, as Mrs.