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When it comes to problems with vision, an understanding of where true sight comes from can make a healing difference. The opening chapter of the Bible is central to this understanding.

Many Years Ago when I began my business career, I worked in the oil industry. I soon learned that when someone in that industry referred to his or her employer, it was customary to shorten the company name to one word.

Last month we talked about the beginning of Sunday School in England in the late 1700s. Let's step back in time and look at some elements of spiritual education that preceded Robert Raikes's and others' efforts.

I Have Served for some years in the activity of prison ministry, supported by my local Church of Christ, Scientist. Some time ago we began to investigate the idea of sponsoring a lecture at a maximum-security prison.

No one can read all that the Bible has to relate about Jesus and not be changed for the better. Just think of the power and authority the Saviour expressed when he prayed, "Give us this day our daily bread,"   Matt.

There is a divine purpose underlying the life of each and every individual. There is also divine support guiding each one of us to the accomplishment of our highest potential—the recognition and demonstration of our God-given individuality and purpose.

I give this testimony as an expression of my deep gratitude to our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, for the healing, saving, and protecting power of Christian Science. My home has been in the London area since the beginning of the war, and during the blitz periods I had many narrow escapes from bombs.

The world scene seems dark indeed to the material senses. But who has ever found reality by means of the material senses, or by accepting as fact what these senses say is taking place? And is it not reality that we desire? However cruel, however tragic, however threatening the situation that the lying voice of evil suggests to us, the lie can never cross from its realm of supposition into the realm of reality; it can never endanger God or His creation, His man.

Is it possible for us to rise above grief and find God's comfort and peace? Actually, it is. I had the opportunity to prove this for myself when a friend unexpectedly passed on.

A city viewed from the fiftieth floor of a skyscraper looks very different from the way it looks from the sidewalk. If we're walking along the street, it might seem dirty, noisy, and crowded.