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What kind of progress will the twenty-first century bring in the field of health care? What will be required? Surely the human family has a right to expect advances in freedom from disease. Health is a basic necessity of life for every person.

Good health care requires the correct treatment for each ailment. Treatment that misses its target or never even touches on the actual basis of a disease or injury clearly isn't part of effective health care.

If a friend were having a nightmare in which he thought he was being chased by an angry bear, would you need to find a way into his dream and give him a gun so he could save himself? Obviously, that wouldn't be the answer to his problem. But let's suppose it was possible to do this.

"What is the history of Christian Science in my community? How do branch Churches of Christ, Scientist, get started?" To inspire those who wish to start or revitalize a branch, we're happy to share occasional accounts of this important activity. As the following excerpt illustrates, it's healing that attracts and holds Truth-seekers.

I am so grateful for the Christian Science periodicals and the shortwave broadcasts aired all over the world. They are brimming with love and support for all humanity.

Dear Friends: The following fruitage is a compilation of experiences of individual attendants who serve in the Christian Science Reading Room at the San Francisco airport. A friendly young man from Asia came in to look around.

My husband and I were spending a few days in an isolated place near the ocean. There were opportunities to walk along the shore and in the woods.

Receiving a copy of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy can profoundly change an individual's life. I have witnessed how Science and Health has helped improve people's circumstances, their health, and their understanding of their relation to God.

Editor's note: Recently, Yvonne Fettweis, Church Historian, presented a talk, to a group of managers who work in Boston at The First Church of Christ, Scientist. Her remarks provide an interesting perspective on how Mary Baker Eddy, the Founder of the Church, viewed the use of promotional activities in sharing Christian Science.

Edwin Starner, who has played for services in many churches in the United States and is now organist at The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, shares his thoughts on the prelude and the postlude as they relate to congregational worship. With few exceptions, as Christians enter their churches for worship and as they leave at the conclusion of the service, they will hear music being played from the organ or piano.