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Mark's Gospel records an incident in the three-year ministry of Christ Jesus, when a rich man sought out the Master in the hope of obtaining spiritual guidance. See Mark 10:17-22.

Do you sometimes feel entangled in a welter of limiting opinions about your healing work? Maybe these are even your own opinions! Do you tend to measure what you see as your not-too-outstanding accomplishments against others' splendid progress—and come out the loser? Well, you can stop. Weighing and comparing our knowledge of Christian Science would certainly not have set well with Mrs.

What is a pussycat? Is it just another synonym for cat? Or does it define a particular type of cat? To understand what a pussycat is, it might help to know what a pussycat is not. If you've ever been a cat watcher, surely you have observed that there are some cats to whom each day is the Fourth of July.

New Trustee of The Christian Science Publishing Society The Board of Trustees of The Christian Science Publishing Society is pleased to announce the appointment of John G. Gooding as Trustee of the Publishing Society, effective April 1, 1987.

New Associate Editor Ann Kenrick, C. S.

What is a moment anyhow? It's one of those things that go whizzing by, and before you can catch it, it has slipped through your fingers. Perhaps the speed of its passing is irritating because you'd intended to do all sorts of constructive things with that one moment and a few others tied up with it.

It was in grammar school. Johnny, annoyed with another lad, exclaimed, "Aw, he don't know nothin'.

The Bible contains valuable lessons that turn us away from merely counting numbers of people to determine God's blessing and power. Gideon learned that a few faithful soldiers were better able to battle an enemy than thousands not so reliable (see Judg.

In the short but profound chapter entitled "The Lee Shore" from the novel Moby Dick, Herman Melville expounds upon the human being's need for freedom to express his individuality. Melville poses this question to one of the shipmates: "Know ye, now, Bulkington? Glimpses do ye seem to see of that mortally intolerable truth; that all deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea; while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore?" We learn in Christian Science that God is infinite Spirit; limitless eternal Life; the only substance, the only intelligence, of the universe.

We hear a great deal about power nowadays. The world as never before is thinking about power; and in its own way it is developing power, tremendous power, and is standing aghast before its own inventions.