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A young couple on a European tour entered a cathedral hand in hand. They were soon stopped by the verger.

Does the thought of having to go through a wilderness experience seem harsh, desolate, and lonely? This is the mental picture I had. I was surprised and slightly annoyed one day when a friend mentioned she thought I was going through such an experience and that it would prove to be of great value.

To say "I seem to be sick" sounds closer to the truth than "I am sick. " And so sometimes Christian Scientists use this word "seem" because it indicates somewhat that sickness is an illusion, not a reality.

Did you ever consider the proposition that error is—in a sense—proof of Truth? How can this be? Obviously a lie cannot be told about nothing; it can only counterfeit a truth. So whenever we detect a lie—and this is important—we can start looking for the opposite truth.

If we are expressing the beauty of holiness, we won't be falsely proud. We'll rejoice in truth wherever we find it.

I remember seeing in a book of riddles, when I was a child, a picture of a large, smiling elephant seated on a tiny, squashed bun. Material sense sometimes makes us feel like that bun—overwhelmed by conditions at home, work, or school; by disease, lack, grief; by worldwide injustice and tyranny.

To serve as Reader may seem to be a demanding responsibility—which indeed it is—but it never need be burdensome. Essentially, the demand is to respond to the Christliness of one's being.

When women bump into prejudice, it is wise for them to examine the target. What is really under attack? Is it true womanhood, reflecting Life and Love, inseparable from true manhood? Are qualities of fidelity, spiritual intuition, wisdom, beauty, tenderness, and gentleness being criticized? Wherever hatred of women appears, look carefully.

Many promises in the Bible and some statements in Mrs. Eddy's writings start out with that little word "if.

"Captain, why don't you heal your wife yourself?" So said Mary Baker Eddy to Captain Joseph S. Eastaman during a personal interview in which he appealed to Mrs.