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THE question is sometimes asked, Why is it that some persons are healed by Christian Science treatment so much more quickly than other persons, even when the cases seem to be almost identical? The Christian Science practitioner has learned through experience that no two cases are quite alike; each case is necessarily an individual claim of error presenting its own particular beliefs and fears, and must, therefore, be treated as separate and distinct from all other cases. This fact makes it impossible that any formula can be successfully used in Christian Science treatment.

And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn. — Exodus, 4:22.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE is with us to-day on no aggressive mission. It is not here to attack the faiths which others love, nor even to offer a new theology, but rather to give lovingly a reasonable and demonstrable explanation of the theology of Jesus.

IT is recorded that those who were privileged to hear the greatest of all sermons, the Sermon on the Mount, were astonished at the doctrine of the great Teacher, "for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. " They were impressed with the fact that the meek and lowly Nazarene was inspired by something more than the mere learning of the schools.

IN obeying the promptings to think or act wickedly, that appear to spring from within themselves, mortals become victims of the false sense which they entertain of God as having created man upon a sinful basis ; that is, with natural proclivities for evil. This belief, which has been perpetuated throughout the human order of generation, leads them to regard their idiosyncrasies of disposition, defects of character, or faults of temperament as inherent in their individuality or identity.

Editorial Note . — While it is never an easy matter to arrive at an impartial, unprejudiced opinion upon any subject, the case of Christian Science presents some peculiar difficulties.

There is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel, and saving from all risk of crankiness, than business. —Lowell.

For many years I was a member of an orthodox church, and a great part of the time I was a devoted student of the Bible, but during certain periods when I was consciously continuing in sin, I was unable to read it. The deep, metaphysical parts had appealed to me most strongly, and upon my coming to Christian Science, it awakened in me a hope for early and complete freedom from all the impediments of the flesh.

Love is the liberator. — Science and Health, p.

Words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. Byron Although "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.