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Mankind have long understood the importance of rapid and reliable communication between individuals and nations and have tried systematically to develop it. Stage by stage, methods of communication have changed as surface mail has been partially replaced by airmail and telegraph wires by radiotelephony.

"And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. " Gen.

Time is not a factor in the reality of being. It is no part of immortal Life.

Early Christian history is a powerful drama involving courageous men and women who were messengers of God's Word. They journeyed to many parts of the civilized world of that time, carrying with them the precious seed of spiritual truth.

With deep spiritual penetration Mrs. Eddy writes: "Eloquence re-echoes the strains of Truth and Love.

God, being divine Mind, evolves ideas to express His nature and goodness. Without ideas He would not be Mind, or intelligence.

There is a great deal of discussion today about what is thought to be a widening and unfortunate gulf between the generations. Attempts to find the reasons for a breakdown in communication between young people and their elders seem to ignore the fact that this is no new phenomenon; it is as old as history.

Christian Science examines with assurance the profound question: What is the origin of thoughts, ideas, concepts, truth? It makes the revolutionary statement that at base all true communication is from God. To human sense, communication assumes many forms: the communication of skills and learning, communication in the arts and sciences and business, communication in emergency and at leisure, communication through the schools and television and the busy news and entertainment media of today.

One of the great needs of mankind today, perhaps the greatest, is to find a sound basis for mutual understanding between the peoples of the earth. A multiplicity of languages and tongues would seem to make communication difficult, sometimes impossible, and so often this is the cause of misunderstanding.

One of the more significant and versatile characters in the long record of Israel's history was Samuel, whose brilliant career affected many aspects of the progress of his country and of its people. Not only did he judge Israel "all the days of his life" ( I Sam.