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Putting on record insights into the practice of Christian Science.

SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR

To Christian Scientists, Thanksgiving Day is more than a day set aside for expressing gratitude. It is a viewpoint from which to examine oneself and one's experience every day of the year.

"DIVINITY EMBRACING HUMANITY"

" God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved" ( John 3:17 ). Here is clearly indicated the attitude of Christianity toward human beings.

DEEPENING OUR UNDERSTANDING

One who worships God with depth of understanding rather than superficially shows by his way of life that he has risen above thoughtless satisfaction in traditional beliefs and ritual and has a real reason for devotion. Our great Exemplar, Christ Jesus, showed the true motivation for worship when he taught his followers to pray: "Thy kingdom come.

PREPARING FOR A LECTURE

BEFORE Christ Jesus made Simon and the sons of Zebedee fishers of men, he said to Simon ( Luke 5:4 ), "Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. " Simon demurred, saying, "Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.

THE VALUE OF CHURCHGOING

SOME of the very forward-looking and deep-thinking Christian ministers of today are beginning to question the value of church services. An article in Time magazine reports that a prominent Chicago clergyman calls Sunday church services medieval and suggests that it may be necessary to do away with them in favor of daily deeds expressive of the Christian spirit.

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PRACTITIONER

WHEN Christ Jesus sent the twelve on a healing mission, he linked heaven with healing. He said ( Matt.

PRAYER IS ANSWERED

SPIRIT , God, the Principle of all being, answers prayer through law. This divine law is unvarying.

THE HUMAN AND THE DIVINE ECONOMY

AN industrial revolution is well under way that cannot help but alter our traditional concepts of employment. All intelligent leaders of labor and management, as well as government officials, have this problem very much at heart.

THE SUBSTANCE OF DEVOTION

DEVOTION is a priceless quality when it is rightly directed. Christ Jesus pointed out the highest sense of devotion when he said ( Matt.

"THE WORKS THAT I DO"

IN his biography entitled "Mary Baker Eddy: A Life Size Portrait" (1950 Edition) Lyman P. Powell included on page 316 a letter from Mrs.