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The Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, spoke directly and forcefully about the natural sciences. The significance of her discovery is yet to be recognized in these fields of human study and research, but even now there are many evidences of the accuracy of her predictions about the growth of these sciences.

The welcome in a Christian Science church or Reading Room is more than a printed sign on the door or in the display window. It is something deep and genuine in the hearts of the church members and Reading Room attendants.

In these days of ever-increasing activity, people of all ages and in all walks of life are constantly being told that they need rest and that unless they have it, they will suffer in many ways. It is well, then, to consider what true rest is and how it may be achieved, for in an understanding of this may be found relief from the tensions and pressures of daily experience.

After one has been received and entertained as a guest in the home of a friend, it is customary to send a thank-you letter. Sometimes a gift is sent, but always an expression of thanks for the hospitality extended is in order.

The Church of Christ, Scientist, demonstrates the universal laws of Life, Truth, and Love, which triumph over all that opposes the Christ, God's infinite idea. This Church expresses the element which is needed to uplift, regenerate, and heal the wounds of the world.

Everyone wants to be appreciated—to be recognized and valued for what he is and for what he does. But at times appreciation appears to be lacking.

The needs of the weary, hungry, unhappy, and sick are not different today from those of the multitudes following our Master, Christ Jesus, when he taught, healed, and fed them many years ago on the hills of Judea and by the Galilean Sea. And this same pure Christianity of the healing Christ, Truth, has been restored and made available to all through Christian Science.

Burdened in one way or another, humanity longs to rest in the assurance of a sustaining power beyond the limits of its own inadequate efforts. Many are willing to turn to God but are uncertain about the correct mental path to His presence.

When one versed in the natural sciences examines Christian Science, he finds a radical distinction. In the physical sciences, rational systems are constructed on observations made with the bodily senses; whereas Christian Science is founded on spiritual sense.

One hears much these days about the necessity for proper rest, diet, and exercise. Although keeping a suitable balance in these things is sensible, Christian Scientists find that to devote too much interest to a material regimen does not remedy physical problems or offer any lasting satisfaction.