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Can you remember where you were last week at the time of your community's Sunday and Wednesday Christian Science services? How does your church attendance record compare with that of the people who conduct the services and the Sunday School? There are many things that seem to conflict with church services these days: Sunday morning soccer games, Wednesday political rallies or town meetings, a primary or secondary means of employment, to name a few. And then there's the question "I study the Bible Lesson from the Christian Science Quarterly each day, so is it really necessary to hear this same lesson read on Sunday, or to hear readings prepared by the First Reader and testimonies of healing from the congregation on Wednesday evenings?" The answer is an unequivocal yes! Our Leader, Mrs.

Even at first look, the Bible is a rich storehouse. Filled with accounts of events and people, the Bible teems with illuminating examples from the past, available to any earnest seeker.

To preserve and glorify the Scriptures, there began to appear, in fifth-century Eastern Europe, beautiful vellum manuscripts of the Old and New Testaments. They often were written wholly or partially in gold and further decorated in brilliant colors.

To those who cling to tradition, it may seem as though a void exists in the Church of Christ, Scientist, whose only preachers are the Bible, and the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy.

Almost 8:25. It is Wednesday night and we are seated in a Christian Science church.

"Thank you for your 'important statement on the Bible Lessons' which appears in the January [1984] Christian Science Journal. ".

To gain a firmer grasp on Christ, Truth, is something we all want. How we go about doing this is very individual, but many have found that regular, systematic study of the Bible and the writings of Mrs.

As a newly interested student of Christian Science, a friend of mine was troubled by some things she had read in a book that painted a distorted picture of Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science. She had been reading Mrs.

I didn't know they were the pastor of my Church. I thought they were my Sunday School books—the Bible and Science and Health.

"What is your pastor's name?" asked a little girl during a group tour of a branch Church of Christ, Scientist. When two books were held up and it was explained that our pastor was not a person but the Bible, and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, the group was plainly impressed.