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LONG centuries ago the master Teacher respecting Soul-sense said to the dull and self-satisfied disciples around him, "Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not?" Did he refer to material seeing and hearing? No. He meant that they had the latent ability to discern spiritually, to understand spiritually, and yet they had not brought themselves to the plane of thought where they could do so.

THE positive declarations of the Master which are recorded in the New Testament inform every Bible student that the healing of both mind and body by a right understanding of his word and works is an essential element of Christianity. His commands and their true meaning have never been altered or compromised by either wrong theological beliefs or the evasive doctrines of mankind.

THE term matter is more or less familiar to all thinking persons; and yet, so confused and vague are popular impressions regarding the thing for which it is supposed to stand, that comparatively few individuals, probably, could give a passable definition of the word. To be sure, every one recognizes, and could readily describe, certain properties and phenomenal peculiarities that are designated as attributes of matter, but this determination rests on the evidence of impressions received through the medium of physical sensation—impressions that indicate nothing more than the way certain hypothetical or undetermined agencies affect our consciousness under given conditions.

CHRIST JESUS taught that his works, however uncommon and wonderful, were always in obedience to, and not in suspension or violation of, the law of God. This is the unmistakable and inflexible import of his words, and none of his utterances permit the contrary interpretation.

IT is by no means an easy task to write about the personality of any one who has become known to the world through his or her achievements, for the latter always seem to eclipse the former; and yet it must ever be true that the achievements spring from the personality, that what one does is the result of what he is. Long ago the great Teacher said that a tree is known by its fruit,—not by its stem, its leaves, its branches, or its root; and whatever we may choose to think or say, the test of the Master is inevitably the final test for every human being.

It is not easy to realize the very close relation that exists between one's individual problems and the problems of the church; not only of one's local church, but of the Cause at large. There is, however, in truth, only one problem, that of working out one's relation to God.

During the past few months the writer has read several lengthy reviews of books on Christian Science, which purport to "explain" how its healing work is done. It seems a pity that intelligent people should waste their time in writing long accounts of something they do not understand; for, until one has healed a patient through Christian Science prayer, he cannot understand the process.

Liberty is a mental rather than a physical state. The slave set physically free is still a slave until he mentally apprehends his freedom.

We come, O woman and mother, here to build our memorial to thee. Thine earthly garments were damp with the dews of the wilderness; thy feet were torn by the thorns of thy pathway; thine eyes dimmed by the tears of thy travail; but in thine arms them didst bear, and at thy bosom thou didst nourish, the babe of thy sacrifices, the child of thy toil,—him the master of his time, the beloved of centuries to be, the servant of justice and the liberator of the oppressed! And so, for thine own sake and for thy child's, we are here to do this fitting honor.

There is probably no student of Christian Science but has at some stage of his experience said, "Oh, I am getting along so slowly in the understanding of Science!" and combined with this thought has been an undercurrent of discouragement and self-pity, mixed with a degree of impatience, because the progress has not been more rapid. The New Testament writers comfort us, however, in their intimations that we are not the first to become impatient or discouraged because the reward for our well-doing has been delayed, or because we have needed positive and frequent admonitions regarding the cultivation of that priceless virtue, patience.