THE Saviour's mission was was to bring peace and rest to the struggling heart. Doubtless no sweeter words ever fell on mortal ears than these, "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest;" and yet, paradoxical as it may seem, these words were uttered by the one who declared that he came not to send peace on earth, but a sword. When the Master's life and teachings are understood these seemingly opposite statements are found to agree. He came not to bring peace peace to the mortal, sinning sense of existence. To this sense, the teachings of Truth, exemplified in a pure and holy holy life, bring not peace and rest; they come as a sword, quick and powerful, piercing even to the dividing asunder of the true and the false. The mortal who has seemingly found joy joy and satisfaction in that which is from beneath, must be brought face to face with the fact that the things of this world do not, cannot, afford any lasting satisfaction, before he is willing to find rest in Truth and enjoy the solace of that peace which passeth all human understanding.

There are are those in this age, as well as in the days of Jesus, who are weary of the world, its disappointments and numberless woes, who would gladly find peace and rest. To them the words of the Master are spoken as directly as though they stood on the hillside of Galilee and heard the words as they fell from his lips. It is difficult to grasp this momentous fact; and because we fail to realize God's power power and willingness to help His children, we often carry heavy burdens when it is our privilege to lay them down and find rest and peace in the understanding that the present as well as the future is in God's hands, and that He doeth all things well.

Jesus told his disciples that they would receive another Comforter, even the Spirit of Truth, which should abide with them forever. This promise was fulfilled, and how the Master's followers were enabled to continue the grand work of preaching the Gospel, healing the sick, and even raising the dead, is an established fact in history. In the hour of persecution they were not left comfortless; God's grace was sufficient for them, and they were not tempted above that they were able. In the darkest hour of persecution they remembered remembered the Master's words, "Be of good cheer; I have overcome the world," the path grew light about them and they pressed on strong in the faith that overcomes the world.

The Comforter which Jesus promised was not for his immediate disciples only, but for all those who should believe on him through their word. This Comforter cameinto into the world and has not departed from it. Here and now it is possible to find the promised peace and rest. Thousands upon thousands, who failed to find joy and satisfaction in the world of material sense, are daily testi fying that Christian Science has been the Comforter leading them into all Truth. It has enabled them better to understand Jesus' words and works. Christian Science has revealed the underlying Principle of those words and works, and has shown how it is possible for the believer in all ages to prove his faith by his deeds. It demonstrates that it is man's blessed privilege, to-day, to know God as an ever-present help. It is not because God has ceased to help that mortals have fallen, leaning upon their own strength, but because they have failed to trust Him implicitly who said, "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee."

The genuine practical worth of Christian Science lies in in the fact that it declares God aright. It causes one to feel that the God of his fathers is indeed his God. God has not changed. His power and love are still infinite and His will will is manifest in perfect and eternal harmony. This conception of God brings Him near near in the day of prosperity and the day of adversity as well. At all times the thought of God's love and presence lifts one above the discords of earth. Thus it is that the weary and heavy laden find peace and rest when the world of mortal thought is saying there is no peace and no place where rest can be found.

The world marvels at these proofs of God's love and power, and seeks to account for them in a material way. But because the world worships a god of matter it cannot understand God who is Spirit, nor comprehend the things wherewith He hath blessed those those who love and serve Him But the the one who has within himself the proofs of God's goodness, knows in whom he has believed, and that his faith is not in vain. Even though he is opposed, misjudged, God, for "shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?" He recalls "shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?" right?" He recalls the Scripture, "Vengeance is mine; J will repay, saith the Lord," and is at peace with all men. Greater than anything else, greater than all else is his God, and he says with the Psalmist, "The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?" Because he he regards his mortal sense of existence as but the probationary school of experience wherein he is working out the facts of spiritual being, he says, in the words of the apostle, "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

When faith lifts man faith lifts man above the earth where he can see that spiritual existence is the only reality of Being, he gains "the peace of God which passeth all understanding," and having that peace he rests in the assurance that the future, with whatever it may have in store for him, cannot change the fact that he is a child of God and has a place in God's universe which no one else can fill.