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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.

The Old Testament tells of two extraordinary encounters with a serpent. According to the allegorical record of creation, the first encounter took place in the Garden of Eden, where the woman succumbed to the beguiling words of the talking serpent.

Earnest Christian Scientists pray each day the "Daily Prayer," given them by Mrs. Eddy in the Manual of The Mother Church, "'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.

The members of a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, have the distinct privilege of presenting a Christian Science lecture to the community at least once every year. It brings the message of the Christ, Truth, into the community as practical and demonstrable.

Our motives and the execution of them have a far-reaching effect on everything pertaining to our human experience. Therefore it is our privilege and duty to search out true, correct motives or incentives, and we must follow through by using them in our daily activities.