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At this period many men and women are looking to psychology and psychiatry for the uncovering of faults of character, which are due possibly to unwise rearing, hereditary tendencies, and unfavorable background, or present environment, which they believe may account for their problems. Some of these individuals, disappointed in their fruitless search, are turning to a more spiritually scientific self-analysis.

An old folk story tells of an eagle that from the time of its birth grew up among a flock of chickens. By the time it was grown the eagle had the habits of a chicken.

Many employers use a system of tests that enables them to rate their applicants and employees according to their aptitudes. These evaluation tests vary greatly, but their main purpose is to determine the degree of ingenuity, sharpness, resourcefulness, stamina, and so on, possessed by the one being tested.

What is righteous government and what are the steps leading to its establishment? Hundreds of thousands of individuals are seeking the right answers to these vital questions. The Psalmist foresaw true government when he wrote ( Ps.

" I'm caught in the middle!" exclaimed an office worker who was describing a condition of unhappy human relationships among his fellow workers. Like this worker, we too may seem to be buffeted about by differing opinions, methods, standards, backgrounds, and policies.

Christian Science unfolds eternal truths and calls on all followers of Christ Jesus to prove that these truths are true today. Truth, true for eternity, must by its very nature be true now.

To every Christian Scientist, dedication is a living part of his daily experience; in fact, his whole experience is based on his dedication to God. When he accepts the teachings of Christian Science, when he takes the name of Christ in its new meaning, the Christian Scientist dedicates himself to serve God and man.

In the fourteenth chapter of Exodus it is recorded that in the course of their journey out of Egypt, the children of Israel found themselves in what appeared to be a desperate situation, for they had come to the Red Sea, and it seemed that they could proceed no further. They could not go back or stay where they were, for the Egyptian army was pursuing them and was fast overtaking them.

Students of Christian Science can eliminate fears and forebodings from their thinking and their experience when they understand that God, omnipotent good, governs the universe, including man. Christian Science teaches that God creates and knows only good, as the Bible indicates in the first chapter of Genesis.

Referring to the primary mission of Christian Science, both now and in the time of Jesus, Mrs. Eddy writes (Science and Health, p.