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THE first chapter of Genesis reveals that God is cause,—"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. " The full revelation or discernment of Truth announced by Jesus, was prophetically outlined in the book of Revelation, which similarly proclaims God as cause — I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

The Master said, "I am meek and lowly in heart. " and St.

" WHAT a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculties!" Thus Shakespeare; while Mrs. Eddy writes, "The admission to one's self that man is God's own likeness sets one free to master the infinite idea.

WHAT is called worldly wisdom says that a knowledge of evil is essential to a proper knowledge of good; also, that good and evil coexist in primal forms, because nearly if not every identity in the material world in some degree manifests both good and evil. The serpent (or Satan) first announced the theory of dual nature in the garden of Eden, declaring that the tree of the knowledge of good and evil brought forth fruit that made its partakers wise.

THE theological world of thought has held, for many centuries, certain fundamental interpretations of Christ Jesus' life and work which have molded religious teaching in definite directions concerning the vital elements of salvation. Fixed creedal beliefs have placed certain constructions upon certain evident truths, and have declared salvation to be dependent upon the acceptance of whatever specific belief may thereby have been outlined as true.

IT is questionable whether there is anything to be gained by prolonging the discussion of Christian Science on the lines laid down by the writers of the letters which have appeared so far. These writers have not, it now appears, any direct knowledge of the book of which they have constituted themselves critics.

THE wise man said, "Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings. " Christian Science not only heals the ills of the flesh, but it will lift every curse that was ever (said to be) put upon man.

NOWHERE else as in Christian Science, where God is recognized and acknowledged as the absolute source of all supply, do we find such keen appreciation of the law of compensation. We are all familiar with the old adage, "There is no great loss without some small gain," but we often find a variation of this to be true, that there is no small loss without some great gain.

The Founder of Christian Science, in an editorial in the Christian Science Sentinel of Oct. 19, 1907, bestowed favorable notice upon a picture entitled "The Triumph of Truth over Error," this picture being the first considerable work so far painted with the aim to portray the thought of Christian Science.

MODERN science is wont to trace back its inception to Francis Bacon and his great work, "Instauratio Magna. " He was the occasion rather than the cause of the change in thought that took place, for no great reorganization in the mental world comes suddenly or at the instigation of an individual.