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A letter writer in Indianapolis, Indiana, relates the following: On the very first day of employment in a new position, I was being introduced to fellow employees. My new manager spent the day with me touring company locations.

Imagine living during the time of Christ Jesus and meeting his disciples. Maybe we'd be amazed at the outspokenness of Peter, dismayed by James's and John's positioning for Jesus' favor, discouraged by the greed of Judas and by Thomas's doubt.

For many years Frank C. Darling, a former professor of political science and international relations, taught and wrote on the influence of religion on political, social, and cultural affairs.

Writing for the Christian Science periodicals begins with inspiration—inspiration that comes out of prayer and sincerely striving to live our lives on the basis of the spiritual facts of God and man. As our love for God grows, our love for mankind is enlarged, our gratitude increases, and we feel the desire to share the great blessings of Christian Science.

Recently a friend of mine said that although he has been a student of Christian Science for some time and appreciates all that it teaches of spiritual reality, he still has difficulty thinking of matter as unreal. It seems so substantial, so all-pervasive.

I'll always remember the day, some years ago now, when the dedicatory statement of Miscellaneous Writings first grabbed my attention. Mary Baker Eddy dedicates the book "to LOYAL CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS.

I was fourteen at the time and a freshman in high school. I had been talking to my grandmother about my plans for life.

" How would you define animal magnetism?" I was asked this question while being interviewed for membership in a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, many years ago. Being rather new in my study of Christian Science, I frankly didn't know how to answer.

What a remarkable day it must have been. Christ Jesus spoke to thousands, delivering his message in the atmosphere of selfless, unspeakable love—with which he embraced all, wherever he went.

" Can Love be less than boundless?" Pulpit and Press, p. 3.