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Among the twenty-six subjects addressed in the weekly Bible Lessons  In the Christian Science Quarterly.  that Christian Scientists study and use as the sermons in their church services on Sunday is one called "Everlasting Punishment.

Editors' note: Most of the letters we print in our "Letters" column are brief That way we hare room to publish a wider range of views and helpful ideas. Sometimes, however, a longer letter carries the kind of healing message that deserves some extra space.

It's likely that most, if not all of us, have heard some form of reference to "a new world order. " It was from news releases regarding Australia's military participation in the Persian Gulf a couple of years ago that I first heard the term.

As Christian Scientists advance in the practice of their religion and so receive increasing benefits from it, they naturally want to reach out and share these blessings. A very satisfying and joyous way to do this is to enter the full-time public practice of Christian Science.

I actually began writing this two years ago on the one hundredth anniversary of Mary Baker Eddy's reorganization of her Church. Thinking about this anniversary has meant a lot to me.

My friend laughed as she described the disaster of the soup. Her family's favorite meal was gumbo, a thick spicy soup including seafood, vegetables, and rice.

At a time when the essential Christian nature of Christian Science needs to be communicated more broadly to the world, we wanted to share the following short piece from the Christian Science Sentinel, December 2, 1911. —The Editors The tenets of The Mother Church should be frequently and carefully studied by all who desire to live and prove the teachings of Christian Science not only for their own growth and aid, but for the information they are thereby enabled to impart to others.

"The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me. " So wrote Martin Luther, the great reformer who fought to give the Bible to the German people.

A woman in England tells how natural and joyful it is to give a copy of Science and Health for the first time: "A man came to measure my kitchen window for new blinds. On the way out he commented on the fact that I had a Bible on my coffee table.

Have your prayers become routine? Have they digressed into thoughtless repetitions of familiar words, which don't particularly inspire or help you feel closer to God? Probably many of us have been faced with this challenge at some time or another. When this occurs, it is helpful to evaluate not only what we are praying but how we are praying.