In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

Doorkeeper

IRENE CONSTANCE DUNANT

"I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

When we arrive at a strange place, where the roads are all unfamiliar and we have not established our sense of direction, our first thought may be: Let us find someone who has traveled this way before.

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"Give ye them to eat"

SIGGE CRONSTEDT

When Jesus, after hearing of the cruelty done by Herod to John the Baptist, went out into the desert no doubt to commune with God, to realize at-one-ment again with his Father-Mother, Love, we are told that he was followed by a great multitude.

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"Jesus wept"

MABEL REED HYZER

Christian scientists are sometimes erroneously thought to be unsympathetic toward the unhappy experiences of others; yet the teachings of Christian Science as presented by its Discoverer and Founder, Mrs.

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"I am the light of the world"

ALICE MC CRAY MERRIELL

Few of us escape the experience now and then of human conditions in which we seem to arrive at an impasse, with no visible right solution.

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The Humanitarian

LUDA F. CORLEY

A definition of "humanitarian" given by a dictionary is, in part, "One who holds that man's duty is limited to right-doing toward others.

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The Foundation of Peace

RICHARD P. VERRALL

As viewed from the standpoint of Christian Science, it is apparent that any attempt to establish peace between the peoples of the earth which does not take into account the suppositional cause of war, must inevitably lead to failure.

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Signs of the Times

with contributions from Jerome K. Jerome, Victoria Williams, Ernest M. Best

[From the Star-News, Pasadena, California]

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The Biblical statement, "And God saw every thing that...

Stanley M. Sydenham, Committee on Publication for Yorkshire, England,

The Biblical statement, "And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good," makes it quite clear that God has not made or provided, nor is He conscious of, such a place as hell.

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The explanations offered from a psychological viewpoint...

Theodore Burkhart, Committee on Publication for the State of Oregon,

The explanations offered from a psychological viewpoint by a doctor in response to the Oregonian's recent editorial "Mistaken for a Deer," misses the mark in so far as applying to Christian Science.

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Your contributor, writing under the healing, "The Potter...

Thomas C. Hollingshead, Committee on Publication for the State of Idaho,

Your contributor, writing under the healing, "The Potter and the Clay," quotes, in a recent issue of your paper, from the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, but refrains from mentioning the name of the book, as he says, "for fear of hurting the tender sensibilities" of those who have adopted its interpretation of the Bible as a guide in their daily lives.

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I shall not endeavor here to answer the question of a...

Ralph B. Textor, Committee on Publication for the State of Ohio,

I shall not endeavor here to answer the question of a clergyman in the report of his sermon published in your recent issue, "Why is it that nearly all of the churches hardly have a handful on Sunday morning?