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Does it seem that no church is respectable without a mortgage, as the good-natured priest in a popular movie once quipped? Cavernous churches and burdensome mortgages seem to be turning many Christians to less formal places for spiritual refreshment, such as prayer groups and Bible study groups. These often meet in private homes.

If problems have sorely tried you lately, think of the experiences of Paul! "Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; .

What is it? What does it do? How does it work? "'Thy kingdom come;' let the reign of divine Truth, Life, and Love be established in me, and rule out of me all sin; and may Thy Word enrich the affections of all mankind, and govern them!" Man . , Art.

What shall we watch on TV tonight— comedy, drama, sports? Or is it time for the news? Quite a selection is available, and how pleasantly the hours will slip away! But is this what we really want most of all to be doing? Some programs have value. They are thought-provoking, instructive, and really deserving of our attention.

The clear recognition that a spiritual fact is a fact brings that fact to light in our daily life. Ponder that statement before going any further.

When Jesus was "led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil," he asserted his inseparability from his heavenly Father by quoting Scripture, including "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. " No wonder we read a few verses later, "Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

Everyone needs a spiritual foundation on which to build the superstructure of each new day. We build this foundation as we consciously affirm spiritual facts and alertly deny whatever is unlike God.

When I was nineteen, I lost my mother. Christian Science quickly healed me of grief because it gave me a diviner sense of motherhood.

For years I had been believing without question that I was a mortal created in a material form and surrounded by other mortals, all with individual minds and bodies. Possibly you've believed the same about yourself.

Throughout her writings Mrs. Eddy employs seven terms for God interchangeably—Spirit, Mind, Soul, Principle, Truth, Life, and Love.