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"Charlotte, what is fulfillment to you?" I sprang this question on a mini-skirted Canadian friend one day. "Marriage," she shot back, without hesitation.

We can take part in the arts three ways: by creating, performing, or appreciating, or, in varying degrees, by making some combination of them all. In the human order the arts run a gamut from the temporal effusions of the carnal mind to the eternal inspirations of the divine Mind, or God Himself.

The quest for fulfillment concerns everyone. In human terms fulfillment means many things to people—health, money, recognition.

The practice of Christian Science brings the greatest joy, the deepest satisfaction obtainable. My own experience is proof of this statement.

No one has ever walked the earth whose name has been more frequently thought of, spoken, and remembered in sacred song than that of Jesus, or Jesus the Christ— and always in grateful praise and lasting reverence. Christians everywhere unite in realizing that Jesus' wondrous life, bringing the message of Christianity to earth, making it plain, and proving the unfailing power and presence of God, including his demonstration of eternal Life, has earned for him a name that will be loved and respected throughout the ages.

In I Kings 17:1, we read that "Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. " Brief though this introduction is, it casts light upon the significance of this brave and rugged seer.

The Bible tells us that "Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, and desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. " Acts 9:1, 2; As Saul journeyed on the road to Damascus, a light from heaven appeared to him, and he fell to the earth.

How beautifully the prophet Isaiah portrayed the healing and regenerative mission of Christian Science and of Christian Scientists in these words which God spoke to him: "Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?" Isa. 58:6; Mrs.

In one of the more dramatic Old Testament stories found in Genesis is an account of family discord which had a happy ending. The story contains a healing message that can be profitably applied to modern homelife.

The English poet Thomas Gray caught a glimpse of the divine nature and origin of true friendship when he wrote, "He gain'd from Heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. " Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard; And Mrs.