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Mrs. Eddy tells us that "obedience is the offspring of Love" (Miscellaneous Writings, p.

In that wonderful poem, the book of Job, the writer tells us of the Mind that upholds the universe, "which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades;" then he adds, "Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not. " How truly these words describe the condition of mortals, who are indeed surrounded with all the harmony, peace, and love of infinite Mind, God, yet who "see him not" because the material senses cannot know Him whom to know aright is life eternal.

The function of the bureau of standards in the city of Washington is one of the most important in the United States government, for in the possession of this bureau may be found the standards of weights and measures used throughout the land. These standards are as accurate and as durable as human ingenuity can make them, and are most carefully guarded against influences that might harm them in the least.

The truism that every man has his place and his work in the world is often met by the remark that many men, if not actually useless, must be on the wrong track, because they appear to perform no function in the work of the world unless it be that of inertia. They are popularly believed to hinder progress, and certainly appearances seem to warrant that belief.

IN answer to Christ Jesus' question, "Whom say ye that I am?" Peter's reply, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God," drew from Jesus the commendation, "Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church.

IN Science, giving and receiving go hand in hand. He who is the medium through which the law of Love is manifested, dwells in a state of recipiency which both gives and receives.

THE remarkable experiences through which Moses passed from the time that he was discovered as a baby among the bulrushes of the Nile, up to the time that he is said to have talked with God in the burning bush at the age of eighty, are only barely touched upon in the Hebrew Scriptures. This is probably due to the fact that Moses was an extremely modest man, and if he did write the book of Exodus, it is only natural that he should have refrained from recording any but the essential features of his personal history.

THE word "law" conveys to the average individual a sense of hardness, sternness, an unbending force that pursues and punishes its transgressors remorselessly, with eyes blind to all alleviating circumstances. This attitude toward law is begotten of the carnal mind, which hates all restrictions, all limitations placed upon its inherent unbridled license.

POSTERITY will have the right to demand that Christian Science be stated and demonstrated in its godliness and grandeur,—that however little be taught or learned, that little shall be right. " These words of our Leader in "Retrospection and Introspection" (p.

At the dedication of The Mother Church, I remember standing spellbound before that beautiful window whereon is so wonderfully portrayed the raising of Lazarus from the dead. I recalled Jesus' words, "Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.