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TODAY human thought is being urged by history's events to move in worldwide throughways of experience. It must forsake the more sheltered roads of personal and local evaluation of affairs and scan the present and future of the family of man from the higher plateau of spiritual understanding.

Each branch of The Mother Church is cordially invited to participate by means of tape recording in the Tuesday Evening Meeting entitled, "What It Means to Be a Christian Scientist. " This vital topic unfolds the sacred rights and obligations placed in the hands of each one who has named the name of Christian Scientist.

Joseph's outstanding success at Pharaoh's court and the way in which under his administration the people of Egypt were delivered from the ravages of famine led to Pharaoh's cordial acceptance of Joseph's father, Jacob, and of his eleven brothers, together with their large families and numerous retainers. Living in the rich territory of Goshen, near the delta of the Nile, "the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them" ( Ex.

In the light of national and world developments, there is an imperative need for the members of the Church of Christ, Scientist, to bestir themselves and make this church militant an effective moral and spiritual force in their communities as well as in their individual lives. We read in Isaiah ( 65:9 ), "I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it.

Right thinking is the basis of right acting and right living. Right thinking is the natural result of obeying God's law as revealed in Christian Science.

Those who habitually turn to God for help are aware of His constant care for His children. Those who turn away from God and look for help in other directions lose eventually what God alone can give.

In the Manual of The Mother Church, Mrs. Eddy says in regard to an applicant for church membership ( Art.

Many people in this rapidly changing and turbulent era are finding need for a greater sense of security and peace; many feel the need for guidance and supply; many are seeking a place in which to dwell, or abide. These needs are both natural and worthy; yet to those who think deeply, there is an even greater need, that of an understanding of the truth which underlies all right activity and accomplishment.

One of the persistent fears that beset mankind is that of lack of supply, or of insufficient means wherewith to obtain daily necessities. The unthinking acceptance of such general beliefs as seasonal fluctuations, economic trends, and political manipulations nourishes this fear and interferes with the normal balance between demand and supply.

Jesus ended his discussion of the necessity for loving all mankind impartially with the injunction, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect" ( Matt. 5:48 ).