Today in spite of great advances in the fields of social, scholastic, and scientific endeavor, the individual is still confronted with the necessity of meeting needs basic to his happiness. Philosophers of the past and psychologists of the present have categorized these needs, then theorized as to what could be done about them. We are blessed indeed to live in this age, for now in the religion of Christian Science mankind have been given a simple, practical, demonstrable method of solving their problems.
Whoever feels himself in need, no matter what may be the nature of that need, may through the study and application of Christian Science overcome that which seems to stand between him and true contentment and satisfaction. Spiritual joy is available to all, even at this very moment.
The first lines of Hymn No. 134 in the Christian Science Hymnal read:
