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Do you find that the only time you can pray is when things are perfectly quiet, and you are sitting in the most comfortable chair in the house? Are you eager to study and read the Bible, and Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, but reluctant to pray? If so, then perhaps you'll find a reexamination of your approach to prayer helpful.

Christ Jesus' promise is: "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. "  John 8:32.

Answered prayer, as understood in Christian Science, is never happenstance. God doesn't just happen to answer prayers.

If I had waited until funds for subscribing to the Christian Science periodicals were conveniently sitting in our bank account at the end of the month, I would still be waiting to subscribe. But I didn't.

People keeping house soon learn that furniture accumulates dust. The student strives to accumulate knowledge.

What comforting images of thought the term "sanctuary" brings to mind! Refuge, haven, covert, shelter, a place of worship. We learn in Christian Science that our sanctuary is not a location or place; it's not confined within walls or defined by them.

The purpose of a Christian Science lecture is to bless mankind, individually and collectively—to communicate the redeeming Christ and to show its saving influence on human consciousness in the form of healing. Blessing should be abundantly anticipated and experienced.

I was alone on my small island in Georgian Bay in Canada. It was a summer night, and on the nearest island across a narrow waterway a few scrubby evergreens emphasized the loneliness and lack of human habitation.

Considering the absolute spiritual truths on which the healing practice of Christian Science is based, a casual observer might unwittingly conclude that this Science has no place in the academic community because: (1) one's understanding of Christian Science is not dependent on academic degrees; (2) material theories cannot be reconciled with spiritual facts; and (3) one cannot serve two masters simultaneously. But let us not miss the central point.

The biblical account of Nehemiah's return to Jerusalem and his triumphs over his enemies and their stratagems (see Neh. , Chaps.