In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

The Prayer of Jabez

It is quite possible that no man has ever had his history written so tersely and yet so fully as Jabez.

A Parallel from Nature

Naturalists report that the young of partridges, bred in districts in England where a certain kind of clay abounds, suffer from a peculiar misfortune known as the "balling.

From our Exchanges

We speak of pagan lands, of paganism, as of things remote, not observable from either our front or back windows,—places to send missionaries to, and to support them by contributions in labors of which we are little conscious.
The Christian Science movement, which is growing so rapidly in our land to-day, is a national product of a world-wide demand.
The Bible describes God as the same yesterday, to-day, and forever, as being without variableness, or shadow of turning.
In looking over our exchanges we find columns of "resolutions of condolence," and in most cases they start with the stereotyped clause, "Whereas, it has pleased God," etc.
It might be well to state that Christian Scientists do not claim immunity from those things which ordinarily leave their impress upon the physical senses.
Christian Science inculcates the greatest compassion for suffering, for all kinds of suffering, physical, mental, and moral, but it also teaches that the most practical kind of sympathy for the sick man is that which leads him out of his suffering.
As there are still some who believe that the mere acceptance of Mrs.
The contention that the cures effected by Christian Scientists are duplicated in "Suggestive Therapeuties" and other so-called systems based on human will power, does not take into consideration the fact that the healing of the physical is not all of Christian Science, it is simply incidental to the regenerative and reformative mission in which Christian Scientists are engaged.

Simple Lessons

The sayings of children sometimes bring out in a simple way some of the truths which older people often ponder a good while before grasping.
Let us rise in the morning with the knowledge that divine Love is looking straight into our hearts and urging us to go forward on the pathway of harmony and righteousness throughout the day.