Christian Science is not a hideaway for escaping into. It's a base from which we can cope with the insistent demands of contemporary living. Rapid advances in the fields of electronics and engineering, the fast growth of cities, changes in population patterns, a faster pace in business—these seem to have launched a cluster of challenges to simple, quiet private living and spiritual development.
Such challenges were unknown a few decades ago. Now many people are troubled with new anxieties, while spiritually inclined people sometimes feel under a huge threat from materialism. In Christian Science we can find a workable means of coping with today's apparent menaces and pressures.
Without question, contemporary demands must be met; and what better way to meet them than with the spiritually scientific insights of the Christian metaphysician? The pressures of today's living bugle advance, not retreat, to us. They should stimulate us to regular, perceptive study of Christian Science, purer living, a greater exercise of our God-bestowed intelligence. These assure us the spiritual poise needed today.
