Every day the flood tides of humanity's troubles seem to wash stronger at our own doorstep, touching our lives in innumerable ways. The urgencies of strife at home and abroad, of worldly confusion and suffering, and of potentially apocalyptic technology drive home the increasing necessity to deal with mankind's needs in our daily prayers. Here is an obligation and opportunity of which Christian Scientists are keenly aware.
The need for such prayer is spotlighted in the Manual of The Mother Church, where our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, provides under the heading "Daily Prayer":
It shall be the duty of every member of this Church to
pray each day: 'Thy kingdom come;' let the reign of
divine Truth, Life, and Love be established in me,
and rule out of me all sin; and may Thy Word enrich
the affections of all mankind, and govern them! Man., Art. VIII, Sect. 4.
