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CHRIST JESUS laid great stress upon the necessity of constantly meeting and overcoming error of every kind. He repeatedly told his followers that they would be tried and tested continually concerning their knowledge and understanding of Truth and their ability to put these into practice.

ONE of the first effects that Christian Science has upon the learner is to lead him to declare with Jacob, "Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. " When first taking up this study, the average learner grasps the truth by degrees, "here a little, and there a little.

ONE sometimes wonders if Christian Scientists have any conception of what it means to have a text-book of Christian Science. As librarian in a Christian Science reading-room I have been deeply impressed with the value of this possession.

IN nothing was Jesus more emphatic than his insistence that men should seek the highest good and should make the kingdom of God the ruling passion of their lives, lie not only taught this, but he lived it, and thus became the Wayshower whose words and deeds, when enshrined in men's hearts, bring forth the fruits of righteousness. Patient study of the Master's teaching and example can leave no doubt as to what the noblest life-purpose should be, yet humanity generally is actuated by a distorted sense of proportion with regard to those things which bring peace and happiness.

FRANCIS WHARTON , the distinguished American jurist and writer on ecclesiastical and international law, in his Law Lexicon divides the law into two main branches, namely, the "laws between man and God" and "laws between man and man. " In classifying the Decalogue under these two headings we find that the first four commandments deal with the relations between man and God, while the remaining six cover the relations between man and man.

Making a life is a larger thing than making a living. Many a man has made a good living who has made a poor life.

MORTAL thought is oftentimes startled nowadays to find how ignorant it is, and how indifferent to its ignorance regarding the essentials of being. There are many marvels constantly passing like a panorama before human sight, as inexplicable from its point of view as any of the so-called miracles of ancient times, but these everyday wonders are of such frequent occurrence and of such familiar aspect that people seldom question, much less attempt to explain their meaning.

THE exponent of a demonstrable religion must keep constantly in touch with its moral and spiritual demands and strive to obey them, if he would ever merit the benediction, "Well done, good and faithful servant. " The fruit of the Spirit never matures on the plane of blind belief; it must ripen into enlightened faith and understanding before it can be garnered in demonstration.

THE angels' question upon the occasion of our Lord's ascension, "Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven," rebukes human unfaith today respecting the coming of the Comforter whom Christ Jesus said he would send. To the faithful students of Christian Science nothing is more conspicuous and astonishing than the sudden illumination of the Bible that follows even a slight understanding of Truth as it has been revealed to them.

NO religious writer, ancient or modern, whose writings have been preserved or are generally well known, ever dwelt upon God as omnipotence with the unvarying insistence which characterizes the writings of Mrs. Eddy.