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From the moment of his arrival, the visitor who has called to seek information from the Archives of The Mother Church begins to sense that something vital is going on there. And if he has believed the Archives to be a dead end for treasured historical documents, or that it is a closed door to the inquirer in genuine need of information, his misconceptions are quickly put to rest by the enthusiasm and scope of activity of the Archives staff.

In the Explanatory Note in the Christian Science Quarterly , which is read during the Sunday services in every Christian Science church, is this statement: "The Bible and the Christian Science textbook are our only preachers. " Pref.

Many of us in our first exuberant joy on coming into Christian Science have commendably desired to share its glorious truths with others, but because of a zeal "not according to knowledge," Rom. 10:2;  we have in the process suffered some unfavorable reaction and possibly a temporary loss of our own spiritual uplift and joy.

Traveling can be a happy and inspiring experience to one who has learned to cherish harmonious thinking and to understand the safety of God's beloved child. Business trips can be transformed from the routine and repetitive into happy and interesting experiences, and a journey, whatever its purpose, need never be looked upon as hazardous or dull when one approaches it from the correct standpoint.

As one crosses the Golden Gate bridge approaching San Francisco, the beauty of the skyline with its hills topped by towers of steel and stone lies ahead. The broad Pacific to the right and the bay to the left, plied by great steamers from the ports of the world as well as by ships of the United States Navy and a multitude of fishing and pleasure craft entering and leaving the harbor, distracts one constantly.

Christian Science reveals God as the omniactive and omnipresent divine Mind and man, God's image and likeness, as the perfect, active idea emanating from this Mind. In this Science we learn that man's true action is the individualized expression of God's action, just as man's life is the individualized expression of Life, which is God.

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.