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WHEN CHET Manchester and I visited the Christian Science churches in Africa, we felt like we were traveling back in time to the early days of the Christian Science movement. We could feel the excitement! Church there is dynamic, not just a place where people come twice a week.

IT SEEMS LIKE every time I travel to Africa, the Christian Science Bible Lesson is on the subject of "Substance. " This word more than any other defines the way I feel about this continent and its vast worth to humanity.

THE SUMMER EVENING LAZILY WOUND DOWN and drifted toward dark. It had been a good day.

CHRIST JESUS' FINAL DIRECTIVE TO HIS DISCIPLES —"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations"—was accompanied by the assurance that such teaching would forever be animated by the Spirit that gave authority to his own ministry. "Lo, I am with you alway," he promised them, "even unto the end of the world" ( Matt.

I ONCE CAME ACROSS A PHYSICIST'S OBSERVATION that a material thing we see, which we believe to be matter, is actually an impression made upon thought by light, which we've unconsciously objectified. The physicist went on to explain that this is also true of the phenomena of all the material senses, and added that what we think we see, hear, feel, touch, or smell is not an object exterior to consciousness, but is an impression made on consciousness.

Gethsemane. Patient woe; the human yielding to the divine; love meeting no response, but still remaining love.

I LOOKED AT MY CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR MAY. IT READ: Thursday: depart Melbourne Friday: arrive in Los Angeles; fly to Christian Science association [in mid-western US] Saturday: Christian Science association Sunday: London/Frankfort Monday: Bangkok/Sydney Tuesday: return to Melbourne At the time, my husband and I were living in Australia, and when we left our home for this trip around the globe, I was not feeling my best.

A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO , a friend remarked, "Beware of curiosity. " That sounded profound and caught my attention, but I wasn't quite sure what he meant by it.

The research staff of The Mary Baker Eddy Library often answers historical questions about By-Laws found in the Manual of The Mother Church. Why do this? Well, a historical approach to the Manual can be helpful in understanding many of its By-Laws.