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Controversy over Sabbath observance holds a prominent place in the Gospel record. Much attention was focused upon its rules and regulations as interpreted by the rabbis.

I consider it a very important day in my progress in Christian Science—the day I quit reading the lesson and started studying it. Before that, reading the lesson was something I did, a duty and privilege I performed with gratitude, but too often the depth of the message, the multiple meanings, would escape me.

The latter half of the nineteenth century saw the most rapid expansion of scientific thinking in history, based primarily on the willingness of thinkers to test their concepts by experiment, so that these could be conformed to observation. The discovery of Christian Science occurred at this juncture of mental ferment.

For the student of Christian Science there are times when he may feel he is not advancing spiritually as much as he should —and he wonders why. If this is the case, he may be well advised to consider the motives governing him.

Probably tens of thousands of Christian Science healings are occurring in the world every week. All contribute to showing that Truth is the universal panacea, the one remedy for every ill or discord.

Shortly after the plane was airborne, the man in the aisle seat gave evidence of dementia. There were prolonged, noisy ravings, followed by brief periods of unhappy mutterings.

One kind of prayer is the traditional prayer of asking—hoping that something can be gained or changed. Another form of prayer is the prayer of recognizing— recognizing what and where God is, and what we already are and what we already have.

How very welcome and commendable, in ourselves and others, is the humble attitude that seeks to know what one needs to do to change for the better! A sincere desire to correct one's deficiencies, even if unspoken, is usually evidenced in one's demeanor and way of life. On the other hand, how unwelcome and unpraiseworthy is the self-deluding opposite attitude: "I did it.

Many would say, "My greatest struggles have been with self-will. " Yet each of us has the innate ability to know the will of God.

"That's me, all right!" some people say. "Just plain lazy.