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Patience is often associated merely with the passage of time. We might feel, for instance, that being patient means waiting for God to do something, or enduring suffering, or biding our time until some process is completed.

At this time of year, Christmas trees are lighted in public squares in many cities of the world. In Boston, Massachusetts, the fifty-foot Douglas fir (with sixteen thousand lights on it) that goes up at the Prudential Center in the Back Bay, regularly comes as a gift from the people of Nova Scotia.

" Admonition and Counsel" is the heading of a chapter in The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany by Mary Baker Eddy, the Founder and Leader of the Christian Science Church. In the first article, "What Our Leader Says," Mrs.

" Why don't people appreciate my contributions? Why don't they include me in their invitations? Why don't I get promoted? Why don't people love me?" You may have heard one of these questions from a friend or asked one yourself. People should love us because it is man's nature to love.

Humanity's progress has been considerably advanced by just, equitable laws. But a law of greater import—supreme, divine law —truly imparts and sustains harmony and order.

The bush was ablaze, but it was not burning up. Moses intuitively turned to look at the remarkable sight.

Many of us seem to carry around the consequences of things that took place in the past. Although these earlier events or conditions may have different labels—such as strenuous activity, accidents, or even genetics—the spiritual path that leads out of the resulting difficulties is essentially the same.

Some time ago I became seriously ill with what appeared to be influenza. I had a complete healing within a couple of days.

At a Christmas gathering last year, open to all employees of The Mother Church, John Selover, a member of The Christian Science Board of Directors, shared some thoughts that we felt readers of the Journal would appreciate at this season. Thanks for coming, and for joining in this simple celebration of Christmas.

The department of continuing education at Harvard Medical School and the Mind/Body Medical Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, will be holding their sixth conference on "Spirituality & Healing in Medicine" in Boston from December 12 to 14. It will be followed by another in Chicago, Illinois, from March 21 to 23, 1999.