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Have you ever heard the inward voice? There are many accounts in the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, of the still small voice coming to men as distinctly as sound. For instance, Abraham heard it just in time to spare the life of his son, Isaac.

Visualize if you will a rosebud, a rather tight rosebud. Lovely as it may be in its present state, not until it opens out completely is the perfect beauty of the rose revealed.

A mountaintop can be thought of as far more than a mere physical locality. It can typify the altitude of consciousness where discordant earthly concepts are dropped and thought is uplifted through the Christ, Truth, to the spiritual sense of harmonious being.

Mind, God, knows only perfection. If only we always expressed that perfection in our churches, what healing we would do! But what if we make mistakes? Why, we can express mercy both to ourselves and to one another—until evidence of Mind's perfection is gained.

We frequently hear from the news media of those who are unsatisfied with the name "Father" and with the pronouns "He" and "Him" as the only designations for the Supreme Being. Many people are reaching for a more meaningful perception of the person or individuality of God than that of a male deity.

Recently a friend and I were discussing our growth and goals in Christian Science. Our conversation turned naturally to church and our part in its progress, finally dwelling on the problems of apathy and lack of motivation in church work.

Report from Ghana: from fetishism to a caring God The following report was sent in by First Church of Christ, Scientist, Accra, Ghana. In our country, the belief in fetishism is quite common.

Christ Jesus is our Way-shower. He taught us how to identify ourselves.

What did Jesus mean when he said, "The kingdom of God is within you"? Luke 17:21. Was he talking abstractly? Or did he say this to appease someone? Either thought would be inconsistent with what we know of Christ Jesus.

When as a child I asked my father the meaning of a particular word, he used to tell me to look it up in a dictionary. "That way," he would say, "you will get the exact explanation of it.