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BUSINESS men and women the world over are in the midst of reconversion —the work of rehabilitating, re-establishing, and rebuilding business. They are hard at work refitting factories, reviving markets, renovating distribution methods, renegotiating contracts between management and labor, and reinvesting capital in peaceful enterprises.

In the world of today there is an unusual amount of shifting, replacing, and adjusting going on in governments and in political alignments, foreign and domestic. Men, women, and children manumitted from war bondage are either returning to their native lands and former occupations or striving to evolve new patterns of living in the conditions in which they now find themselves.

When Leonardo da Vinci was painting "The Last Supper," he would sometimes stand before the fresco for hours deep in contemplation. Days passed and he did not take up a brush.

Great benefit may be had from considering particular aspects of the life of her to whom the Science of the Christ has been finally and completely revealed, the beloved Leader of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy. Recently there came vividly to thought the picture of the simple ceremony of her ordination as pastor of her Church.

Paul , yearning to free the Corinthians from pagan entanglements, appealed to them thus ( II Cor. 6:17 ): "Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

Early in the history of the Christian Science movement Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, stressed the necessity for a newspaper published and edited by Christian Scientists to counteract the evil influence of the unscrupulous press of that time. Not until Christian Science had encircled the globe and become a world movement did she found the last of the Christian Science periodicals, The Christian Science Monitor , an international daily newspaper.

Mary Baker Eddy , the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, writes in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 392 ): "Stand porter at the door of thought.

" How can I progress most rapidly in the understanding of Christian Science?" is a question Mary Baker Eddy asks in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 495 ).

It is helpful to ask ourselves, What does reading and pondering the life and works of Christ Jesus do for us? Does it not inspire us to draw closer to the Father, divine Principle, who governed the man Jesus? In gaining an understanding of the Principle of Jesus' teachings, we also gain an understanding of the Principle of his works. The inspiration of the Master's lifework comes to us in the degree of our receptivity to the spiritual truths he taught.

Which shall be supreme in our affections—divine Principle or human personality? This is the decision which every individual must make who would demonstrate Christ, Truth, in the way of Jesus' appointing. To work out one's own salvation, to become "kings and priests unto God," demands spiritual understanding and steadfastness.