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Have you ever thought about Joseph of Arimathea? If you have, you probably didn't see him as playing a great role in history or as being an outstanding disciple of Christ Jesus. Yet the qualities Joseph manifested, the spirit that impelled him to a brave, unselfish deed, linked him to our Master's triumph over death—an event of stupendous import in human history.

Vital to the education of all are what are often referred to as the three R's: reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic; and vital to our spiritual progress are another three R's: remorse, repentance, and regeneration. As God is All and the only Being, whatever exists in reality must be identifiable with Him.

I remember an instance some years ago when a biography of Mrs. Eddy that was quite critical had been published in a newspaper.

Would you resign from a committee of one? I nearly did. I felt I had received too much criticism and too little appreciation.

The answer to the question "How big is your ego?" would probably vary according to each individual's experience. Some may have an oversized sense of ego due to a history of success and achievement.

Remember the Bible story in which Jesus' disciple Peter came to him asking how many times he must forgive someone who had sinned against him? "Till seven times?" Peter asked. There is no way of knowing why Peter asked this question.

Man, the highest idea of creation, must function in accord with the purpose for which God, his divine Principle, created him. He is created by a loving Father-Mother God to perform a specific function—to express the nature of God.

Stop for a minute and recall one of your most precious healings in Christian Science .

Have you ever thought of the immeasurable mounds of recorded human history stored away in all corners of the world; countless statistics giving dates of birth and death of billions of mortals? These material records, based as they are on the assumption that man lives in time, certainly do not contribute anything to one's understanding of man as the likeness of God—without beginning or end. But as we begin to recognize through the study of Christian Science that all real being is timeless, we see the need of gaining a new view of human history.

How do you make a Christian Science Reading Room bloom and bear fruit? Appreciate! Appreciate! Appreciate! A realization of the healing mission of our Reading Room in the community fosters a humble willingness to serve, support, and love it. Our appreciation deepens as we comprehend more clearly its vital purpose in the world to promote and to prosper Christian healing by revealing to men and women how to demonstrate their spiritual identity as children of God — now, as the Bible states.