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A stranger to a small Church of Christ, Scientist, was the first person on his feet after the Wednesday evening meeting was opened to testimonies and remarks. "I have lived in this neighborhood for over twenty years and I came in here tonight, against my better judgment, to find out just what brings these people to this church every Sunday and Wednesday.

When we have opportunities to comfort or encourage others, we may readily share passages from the Bible or Mrs. Eddy's writings—perhaps even give an explanation of Christian Science suitable to the moment.

What a happy opportunity it is to be a Reader in a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, a society, or a college organization! If we approach the appointment with eagerness to serve and a deep appreciation for our pastor—the Bible and Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy—we will bring poise and security to our reading.

If you have had an unhappy or ugly past, there are three things you can do. You can carry it along with you and so make the present and the future unhappy and ugly too.

As a child I was sometimes taken for a holiday on a farm. To welcome me, the farmer's wife would come to the door, hold out her arms, and I would run toward her and disappear into that loving embrace.

You know what sometimes happens when you first put a good slide in a projector to view it—the image may come out blurred. How do we usually bring it into focus? By adjusting the lens.

It's natural for Christian Scientists to want to be up to date. They may wonder how modern their churches are.

A workable knowledge of God is urgently needed when one is facing a storm of fear or pain. Speaking of God, the Bible states: "For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

For centuries human beings have been observing how they resemble the creatures that walk, swim, and fly about them. People sometimes think of themselves as animals with two legs and certain other distinguishing characteristics.

A dualistic sense of being is as old as thought and has been dramatized in the familiar tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.