THIS is a time of much building. Individuals, communities, and nations are being shaken out of old habits of thought and are rebuilding their political, economic, and social structures. Throughout the entire world much rubbish is being cleared away, and fresh foundations are being laid.
From the one divine Mind come right ideas which, as they are being accepted, are overturning former human concepts; and the Science of Mind, or Christian Science, holds the glorious revelation which is steadily influencing this building and rebuilding era. Every Christian Scientist has his individual share in this work, which begins with the searching out and eliminating of outgrown concepts in his thinking. He also shares collectively in the general results of this mental work, as, for example, when he joins in the work of erecting and dedicating a Church of Christ, Scientist. This consecrated building work truly springs from spiritual growth. In a letter to a branch church our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany"' (p. 195), speaks of the "praiseworthy success" and "united efforts" which "sprang from the temples erected first in the hearts of its members—the unselfed love that builds without hands, eternal in the heaven of Spirit."
Conspicuous in this sacred building work is the new Christian Science Publishing House, which is being erected in Boston. This modern building, which will replace the present one, almost outgrown, follows in orderly and logical sequence the work that was begun with the building of The Mother Church. Devoted Scientists are continually building spiritually in their consciousness, so that the work is always going on, silently, surely, successfully; and this is made manifest in outward human experience. Governed by divine Mind, the individual mental work supports the activities of those to whom the actual work of erecting the material structure may be intrusted. Each builds unselfishly in the domain of his own heart, while he gains inspiration from the Bible and from our Leader's writings, the study of which will prove a tremendous aid in this constructive era. The Bible contains the vital records of seers who rose up and built. These records contain many references to building—mentally, morally, and physically; and from them Mrs. Eddy drew much inspiration.
