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When thirty-three-year-old William McKenzie first met the seventy-three-year-old Leader of Christian Science on Christmas Day 1894, he said that then and there he became her man, "like a clansman giving allegiance. "  McKenzie letter to Lyman Powell, August 19, 1932, Archives and Library of The Mother Church.

A universal truth undergirds the convening of a Christian Science Students Association. It impels both a student's prayers for and attendance at his or her association meeting.

" The nurse should be cheerful, orderly, punctual, patient, full of faith,—receptive to Truth and Love," Science and Health, p. 395.

If some alarming physical symptom has presented itself, did you ever wonder what caused this? What has gone wrong now? Fear and ignorance immediately start thought in the wrong direction. How can we stop these disturbing suggestions and find right answers? We can reverse and wipe out false symptoms by reasoning from the spiritual fact.

When Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal to a trial by fire, he gathered the Israelites to Mount Carmel to witness the outcome. See I Kings 18:19-39.

I like to think of Church in many different ways. But most consistently, I find myself thinking of the definition of Church given in the Glossary of Science and Health by Mrs.

Through the years I've had many opportunities for spiritual growth—though at the time I may not have immediately seen them as opportunities! Membership in The Mother Church is more than a matter of joining—it's a matter of uniting with truly Christian love, of being supported by the daily prayers and spiritual progress of Christian Scientists throughout the world. Perhaps the most jolting experience, the one that resulted in the greatest step forward in my spiritual journey, came when I suddenly found myself alone with three young children to care for and no particular job skills—or so I thought —at the time.

Much is written today about a declining church and about the loss of spiritual vitality in religions in the West. One hears of shrinking church attendance in some areas and of apathy in organized religion.

Whether at a shopping mall, on a college campus, or in the foyer of a church, a bulletin board is a great place for people to share information. You can learn a lot about an active community from reading local bulletin boards.

How many of us, do you suppose, have come into Christian Science through the help of some Reading Room? It's not unusual to read a passage in a testimony in the Journal or Christian Science Sentinel like the following ( Sentinel, August 8, 1988, p. 35): "I began going to a Christian Science Reading Room with my boss during our lunch hours.