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The Christian Science Sunday School Handbook, introduced only two years ago, is on the verge of being published in eight more languages. This 86-page volume has met with such enthusiasm that printings in German, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, French, Italian, and Dutch are now considered a necessity.

In the previous article, mention was made of the primitive source often called "J," written in Judah and stressing the term Jehovah, one of the spellings used for Yahweh or Yahwah, often translated Lord. This is the name for Deity so characteristic of the account of creation that begins in the second chapter of Genesis, from verse 4 onward.

An old Bible story tells that Jacob once had a dream that has since become well known. "He dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

The Church of Christ, Scientist, was founded by Mary Baker Eddy in accord with divine revelation. It manifests the activity of infinite Principle, God.

The careful study of Christian Science according to the instructions given by Mrs. Eddy is sufficient to equip the student of this religion with a satisfactory healing approach to the problems that arise in his daily experience.

In an age of computers, human beings find themselves being numbered for bank accounts, census purposes, and job identity. Membership drives of fraternal organizations, clubs, and churches are another kind of numbering, which is sometimes carried on with little regard for quality as the search for numbers grows.

Philosophers and theologians have delved into the nature and behavior of the human race for thousands of years. In general, their conclusions have classified man as a composite of physicality and mind, governed more or less by instinct, heredity, and reason.

The Ten Commandments, given by God to the children of Israel through Moses, have for centuries been a basis of human conduct, and to the extent that they have been understood and obeyed, they have uplifted the race. Many people cast them aside as useless and out of date; others see in them a moral code for orderly living; while some believe man to be a mortal sinner who must struggle to live in accord with them.

In the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy tells us that "a grain of Christian Science does wonders for mortals, so omnipotent is Truth, but more of Christian Science must be gained in order to continue in well doing.

The problems of democratic living challenge every Christian Scientist. A unique privilege is the demonstration of democratic government in a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, as required in the Manual of The Mother Church by our Leader, Mrs.