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Looking toward the future of individual nations and of the whole world, can anyone afford to ignore the mounting problems facing those in positions of authority, whether in business or in government? Yet one may wonder how he can help, for at first glance it seems ridiculous that a few men here and there might be of any value. But he who cherishes freedom to worship, speak, and' live without the tyranny and imposition of mortal mind's laws can learn how to claim his right to make just decisions and to live harmoniously through practicing the Science of Christianity.

Mary Baker Eddy says ( Miscellaneous Writings, p. 172 ), "Intrepid, self-oblivious Protestants in a higher sense than ever before, let us meet and defeat the claims of sense and sin, regardless of the bans or clans pouring in their fire upon us.

Throughout her writings Mary Baker Eddy has shown consistently that to obey the teachings of Christian Science, individuals must live in a Christly manner at all times. Her words in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" are a case in point.

How often the cry goes forth for freedom. Where can it be found? Many ways are offered humanly and found to be hopeless.

The listing of the name of a Christian Scientist in The Christian Science Journal as a practitioner signifies the realization of his unselfed desire to obey the command of Christ Jesus to cast out evil and heal the sick. It denotes the maturing of this desire and of his aspiration to share with mankind the truth which has brought into his own life the healing, uplifting influence of the Christ, God's divine idea.

The pessimistic conviction that heaven is always elsewhere or comes later in one's experience and that earth is a "vale of tears" or, at most, of only ephemeral value to mankind would prevent the full enjoyment of the moment and the opportunities at hand. A proper reading of the Gospels would contradict these theories.

Laws of nature are sometimes restrictive, oppressive, and unjust, but God's law is always just, constructive, uplifting, and harmonious, resulting in freedom and well being to the individual who lives in accordance with God's requirements. Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, says in "Miscellaneous Writings" ( p.

" Ye must be born again" ( John 3:7 ). Surely no more revolutionary truth was ever uttered.

When a healing occurs in Christian Science, it is an indication that receptive thought has beheld the Christ, God's divine ideal. How to come into the presence of the Christ is the great question that besets mankind, and Christian Science holds the answer.

The foundational facts of Christian Science are demonstrable when understood, wiping out all beliefs of mortal limitation. In Science, God is understood as All-in-all.