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Most of us have had times in our lives when the routine ups and downs of life have been pushed aside by some new and drastic challenge. Perhaps we've suddenly run into fierce personal attack—hatred, prejudice, or unyielding opposition of some sort.

We felt Journal readers might enjoy these thoughts shared in a letter from a contributor—The Editors. Dear Friends: On page 271 of Miscellaneous Writings Mrs.

In my mail the other day came a notice that there would be a free electronic hearing test for those who wished to take advantage of it. Nowadays many promotions and appeals seem to be bombarding us with hypnotic suggestions of human deficiencies.

How often do we find ourselves praying over some difficulty or situation and then immediately go rushing about to find the right solution? In our human zeal to make our prayers and desires come to fruition, we try to make good be more evident in our experience. It seems that one of the greatest challenges for us is to "let.

Most of us have had experiences when, despite our most dedicated efforts and best intentions, healing seems delayed or blocked. We may feel sometimes, as we study and search for the truth we need, that we do not have the knowledge or the inspiration that would free us.

Everyone is glad to recover from a sickness. But if fear of a relapse continues, something more needs to be healed.

I sometimes think of an experience I had when I was six or seven years old. My sister was thirteen or fourteen, and we were alone in the house one day.

A look at a dictionary gave me a different slant to the conventional view of what economy is. In addition to the expected definitions such as "the thrifty use of material resources," there is this little surprise: "God's plan or system for the government of the world.

I was outdoors doing some errands when I heard a familiar voice. "Good morning!" As I turned, my eye caught his microphone and followed its cord back to the tape recorder slung from his shoulder.

In a sparsely settled area a man had a variety of business interests, including farming, an automobile dealership, and an insurance agency. His various enterprises placed great demands on his time, day and night.