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What a tremendous ring of courage resounds through the Beatitudes of the Master,—courage calm and exultant, courage having its roots deep down in moral fiber, courage begotten of the most clarified understanding of real spiritual being that has ever enlightened humanity. The eighth beatitude is to be found in the fifth chapter of Matthew's gospel, and it runs: "Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

I woke on the morning of my Christian Science Students Association meeting with the window curtains open about six inches. The night before I hadn't noticed the unusually tall church spire nearby; but in the morning light the narrow space between the curtains framed the magnificent spire and pointed my thought upward.

There was a time when I was faced with several unsolved problems. I was earnestly praying for the solutions to these problems, but I wasn't finding them.

In her remarkable Christian sermon The People's Idea of God Mary Baker Eddy writes, ".

The Bible teaches that God is infinite, that "the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him. " II Chron.

As I was writing this article, I wondered which word or words people would emphasize when reading the title. I realized that they could put the emphasis on any one of the seven words.

Do you value your faith in God? Do you consciously cherish it, deeply and daily? A Christian Scientist is eager to keep his faith in God strong and pure, for he understands that faith has an important role in the work of spiritual healing. Faith is by no means the whole of healing as practiced in Christian Science, but it is an essential element to spiritual healing.

One day when my son Jason was quite small, he handed me a poem he had just written. Scrawled out and misspelled, it read: I get a cuddle in the morning I get a cuddle at night It puts me in a sandwich Just right! Aside from thinking that this was a terrific poem for one so small, I immediately saw that he was expressing a sense of security drawn from my practice of cuddling him for a few moments at the beginning and end of each day.

Society rightly looks upon child care as a solemn responsibility. Fortunately the joys of parenthood usually outweigh the trials in carrying out this duty.

Some years ago I was keeping a watchful eye on my young daughter from a window as she played in the woods surrounding our home. For a long time she had remained perfectly still in a crouched position, so I decided to go out and check on her.