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When I was about eight years old, our family went on a vacation to the beach. In front of our cabin was a boardwalk that led to a beachfront store.

Last summer over two hundred young Christian Scientists visited the Christian Science Center in Boston. They came from Newfound and Owatonna camps in Maine, and from branch churches in various parts of the country where the young people and local members had worked together to raise the money needed for the trip.

After a copy of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures was shared with this writer from Japan, she found that her health and the well-being of her family immediately improved. Her family experienced many healings, and she is now healing others through prayer.

I was in an airplane, flying over a large city at night. As I gazed at the beautiful twinkling lights below, this thought came to me: "You are looking at a crime-free city!" I was astounded, and wondered how this teeming city, filled with people having diverse beliefs and standards of morality, could be crime-free.

At the back of this magazine there is a directory of names of individuals engaged in the public healing ministry of Christian Science. We thought it might be helpful to Journal readers, and especially to those who are considering fuller engagement in Christian Science healing, to hear some of these practitioners share a few thoughts about how they got started in the full-time practice.

Twenty centuries ago, the Apostle Paul made a startling declaration: "The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. " Rom.

At a World's Fair early in this century, one of the featured attractions was a new concept, which today is used in zoos all over the world —the open-air bear and lion pits. Large, natural settings had been built into the hillside, reproducing the animals' natural habitat.

There's an airplane flight I especially enjoy. It's a trip to Seattle, Washington.

Discipleship is strengthening and expansive. "Go ye into all the world," Christ Jesus said to his followers, "and preach the gospel to every creature.

Many thinkers are recognizing that changes in thought over the last century point to a major shift in worldview—in the broad mental framework in which the details of experience are understood. That this shift has occurred through something more profound than linear logic was argued in a seminal book published several decades ago, the influence of which is signified by the recent publication of its third edition.