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Throughout this year, Christian Scientists have been giving special thought to a significant event that took place one hundred years ago: Mary Baker Eddy's ordination of the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures as pastor over The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and its worldwide branches. Letters of gratitude have poured into The Mother Church for the meetings held throughout the world in recognition of the pastor's impact on individual lives, church congregations, and society.

In January of 1992, a letter went out from The Christian Science Board of Directors to Christian Science teachers and members of Christian Science Students Associations, asking them to share how they, either individually or in their local churches, demonstrated "a pioneering path of relevance for church" within their communities. The letter reminded readers of a sequence of Journal articles that ran in April, May, and June of 1991, bringing out examples of pioneering church work going on around the globe.

One hundred years ago last month, the roof construction on the Original Edifice of The Mother Church in Boston was completed. Yvonne Fettweis, Manager of the Church History department of The Mother Church, shares with Journal readers some of the spiritual import of that special event.

At the beginning of March 1945, just before the end of the last World War, my mother was with us three little children on a small steamship, which was really only an excursion boat, in the storm-tossed Baltic Sea. We had been told that this would be the last vessel to leave before the enemy forces reached the area.

Finally we were going to get away on a vacation! Most of the family members were going with us, but one teenager had to stay behind because of job obligations. We would be making responsible arrangements for being in touch with our son while we were away.

It occurred to me one day that heredity could be seen as referring to a lot more than just the transference of physical characteristics from parent to offspring, or from past mortals to present. And I began seeing the whole concept of heredity from a new perspective.

One who has experienced healing through prayer as taught in Christian Science has had an opportunity to see what a priceless gift God has bestowed. It is freely given, as Christ Jesus taught and demonstrated.

A woman rebelled at an unexpected demand. She had to change her schedule abruptly and go to her office.

During this holiday season, a time of significance for Jews and Christians alike, the following accounts show how Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy can unite hearts and bring down assumed religious barriers. A woman in Pennsylvania writes: "I have a dear friend who is Jewish and married to a doctor.

Doesn't one long to alleviate the suffering of countless thousands who are struggling to eke out a living in adverse conditions? Our great Master, Christ Jesus, walked among many destitute crowds, feeding and healing them. We may well ask how we can emulate, even in a degree, his works.