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A college professor once said to his class that on a certain November day in 1863 his grandfather had stood on a Pennsylvania battlefield close to the speakers' platform where the sixteenth President of the United States of America uttered a few brief but immortal sentences. The grandfather told his grandson that Abraham Lincoln had emphasized the end of his Gettysburg Address thus: "That government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

A generation ago the cut of a practical person could still be acceptably described by such a homily as Longfellow's "A Psalm of Life," whose author rallied himself from deep depression with the challenge: Act,—act in the living Present! Heart within, and God o'erhead! How does a supersensible, "Let's face it" outlook on life fare today? Many people repudiate it. Influenced by matter's self-avowed matter-of-factness, the investigations and advances of science and technology, and by their own inclinations to believe and trust physical evidence, they argue that "Let's face it" has changed in meaning and emphasis.

The frequent use of the word sedative in the world today challenges the thoughtful. Often the expected result of a material sedative is the coming of sleep, of temporary forgetfulness of some undesirable sensation or circumstance.

For many of us it may be difficult to decide which night of the week is the most important. It may be the night we spend with friends or attend a town meeting.

Some of the more persistent problems of human existence stem from the false belief that man has a human ego. Christian Science reveals Ego as God.

In Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy writes, "The eternal Elohim includes the forever universe.

Our individuality is a precious gift to us from God. It is found as each one of us consciously accepts his true identity as God's image, Mind's unique expression.

In describing the unfoldment of Truth to human consciousness, Mrs. Eddy writes, "Thus the dawn of ideas goes on, forming each successive stage of progress.

What a joyous, momentous year the bells of 1966 rang in! It was the centennial of our beloved Leader's discovery of the age-old Truth which the prophets dimly apprehended. This Truth, illuminated in all its healing, redemptive power through the advent of Christ Jesus, has finally been made practical and demonstrable in this age through Mary Baker Eddy's founding of Christian Science.

Some years ago an experienced practitioner and I were discussing the problem of the unreceptive patient and other problems that occur in the practice of Christian Science. At that time I was unduly impressed with the resistance to Truth arguing to many seeking Christian Science help.