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How very natural it is for those who have experienced the blessings of Christian Science to love and revere Mary Baker Eddy. We are grateful, to say the very least, for her place as Discoverer, Founder, and continuing Leader.

Modern technology has made rapid communication a fact of life. SSTs (supersonic transports) can fly the Atlantic in a few hours.

Is it wrong to be dead? Let's put aside for the moment the common definition of the word "death" (as when Paul says, "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death" I Cor. 15:26 ).

Regardless of its nature or tenacity, evil is a misconception, unreal. Proving it to be so is an inescapable Christian demand.

When we experience a sore trial or testing time we can confidently put our case in God's hands. We can meet the challenge with the assurance that God's law is always in operation, and that discord cannot prevail when Truth is understood.

When I received the letter announcing that I had been accepted as a member of The Mother Church, a feeling of deep joy permeated my thought—a joy such as I had never felt before. But the moment arrived when I had to delve deeper into the significance of this link with The Mother Church, this unity, and the spiritual duties that I had accepted.

In Christian Science, chemicalization is not a bad thing. It is not a synonym for animal magnetism, nor is it something to be feared, dreaded, avoided.

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In a letter to The Christian Science Board of Lectureship Mrs. Eddy speaks of its members in these terms: "Spiritual heroes and prophets are they whose new-old birthright is to put an end to falsities in a wise way and to proclaim Truth so winningly that an honest, fervid affection for the race is found adequate for the emancipation of the race.

"God is my life!" The recognition of this fact should be made daily, even hourly, not just in those moments of extreme stress or fear. This acknowledgment is a surrender to the all-encompassing law of Life, God, that protects and saves man.