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How few of us know "what we most need"! It is generally believed that we need material possessions more than anything else. For example, a young man said to me some years ago, "I shall never be happy until I have a lot of money.

" If there were just more hours in the day!" This is a remark frequently heard. The fast tempo of modern life makes constant demands on people for more rapid decisions, for increased output, for making the most of available moments.

A Prophet of Bible times was often called a "man of God. " He lived in such close relationship with God as to commune with Him consciously, to hear His directing voice, and to communicate to the people the very Word of God.

The dominant hope in world thought today is for salvation—deliverance from the evils that threaten to engulf mankind. The present world problems growing out of fear, hate, suspicion, unbridled ambition, and the like, are simply the numerical magnification of the same problems inherent in every mortal.

" Each individual must fill his own niche in time and eternity. " This challenging statement is made by Mrs.

The words "discipline" and "disciple" are similar in origin and are allied in meaning. A "disciple" is "one who receives instruction from another," and "discipline" is "training or experience that corrects, molds, strengthens, or perfects.

The advent of Christian Science has largely revolutionized the general concept of prayer. Instead of prayer's being regarded merely as a form of petition to a God whose beneficence is variable and uncertain, Christian Science gives us an assured sense that prayer is the grateful acknowledgment that an infinitely good God is always pouring blessings upon His idea, man.

In times of stress and fear in the world, humanity turns for help to some power outside itself. There are those who claim that they do not believe in a power outside material means for protection, but many others believe that there is an intelligence or a spiritual force beyond human or material capabilities that has the power to protect them.

In the "Historical Sketch" from the Manual of The Mother Church by Mrs. Eddy, we read ( p.

Everyone would be glad if he could find a way to gain immunity from disease and the many other troubles which afflict mankind. Medical doctors, believing that a human being is governed by a material body with a complex organization liable to attack by disease germs, try to confer immunity by certain material methods.