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Resting at the edge of a busy outdoor market place one sunny morning, a student of Christian Science was suddenly filled with gratitude for the hint of God's glory mirrored in the scene before her— the beauty of color, the rhythmic activity, the harmonious order and continuity of movement. All at once her pattern of thought was sharply interrupted, for nearby a loud, impatient voice was expressing emphatic disgust with the whole picture! To this person, evidently, all that came to view were crowded shopping conditions, tiresome duties, and perhaps loss of time and energy.

In the Bible we read ( Ps. 29:2 ), "Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

In the Old Testament are many evidences of the people's hope for a deliverer or a great prophet who would inspire or lead them. The prophets had glimpses of the Messiah, and others of the great Old Testament characters showed some recognition of the Christ.

There is a universal belief that the measurement of a man's life must be in terms of years, that man is a mortal, experiencing birth, growth, maturity, old age, and decay. The teachings of Christian Science show that this belief need not be accepted, for it is not actually a law governing man.

The thought of establishing a Board of Lectureship came to our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, in answer to her earnest prayers to God for guidance in forwarding her revelation of Christian Science. It was an angel message which she heard and heeded.

In our economy, inflation and deflation are familiar terms. Fear of them is expressed by many people, and anxious thought is given to ways of avoiding their costly consequences.

Man always has been. Man always will be.

Over seventy-five years ago Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, organized her Church on the basis of primitive Christianity, wherein the healing works of Christ Jesus and the early Christians could be reinstated. Mrs.

The oneness of God and man as divine Principle and idea is a basic truth which Christ Jesus presented. It is fundamental to the understanding and practice of Christianity.

In the tenth chapter of John's Gospel is recorded the attractive parable of the sheep, the sheepfold, and the shepherd. A vital and enduring significance pertains to the symbolic message of the parable, which begins with a warning ( verse 1 ), "He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.