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There is reasonable hope that the future holds the possibility for the individual to realize some of his deeply cherished ambitions: a home where he may dwell in safety, security in gainful employment, freedom to worship God in the way of his choice, sufficient leisure for normal recreation, and opportunity for progress in his vocation. These are commendable ambitions, and once they are achieved he doubtless will aim at a larger financial return for his efforts, accompanied by a corresponding increase in material possessions and responsibilities.

Steadfastness is the quality of being constant and unswerving. It carries with it a sense of foundational firmness.

In a certain unit of our American armed forces during the present World War there was a young man who for some years had been an earnest student of Christian Science. His bunk mate, however, made frequent boasts of being an atheist.

The office of Reader in a Christian Science church is essentially ministerial. Whether he reads from the sacred Scriptures or from the divinely inspired Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, the Reader is ministering spiritual food to the congregation.

It was natural for Jesus, with his marvelous spiritual insight and inherent sense of divine justice, to perceive the holy purpose of restoration, and to prove it for the multitudes who came to him for healing and deliverance. Indeed, his entire career was a living proof that God's promises are perpetual and ever at hand to bring a renewal of health, holiness, and harmony.

Among the "Signs of the Times" in the Christian Science Sentinel of February 22, 1941, an item appears from Lausanne, Switzerland, which tells of a church to which, as the bell tolled for evening service, came worshipers from many byways, each bearing a little bronze lamp of very old design. When asked by a traveler why this was done, the reply was: "We have no other way of lighting our church.

The weather is of considerable interest and importance to most people. The farmer is guided by it in harvesting and shearing; the market gardener and the ice-cream vendor, the yachtsman and the tennis player, all watch its vagaries closely; the holiday maker and the industrial worker carefully scan the weather map.

The only presence is that of the infinite, the eternal God, who is omnipresence. Since God is infinite good, this means that good is infinitely abundant; the presence of all that is grand, beautiful, permanent, and true.

A STATEMENT from the Methodist Review included in a report of the Clerk, found on page 48 of "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany," challenged the thought of one student of Christian Science. It reads: "'Mrs.

SOME years ago some friends, students of Christian Science, were discussing our Wednesday evening meetings and the difficulties of giving a testimony. They admitted that the Church Manual stressed the importance of giving testimonies, and they wanted to be obedient but found it very hard to be so.