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Changing our view of man from the material to the spiritual, we are newborn. And as we continue to be born again each day through our study and application of Christian Science, we have the inspiration we need to heal spiritually.

Each morning when we get up we wash our hands and face, and often the whole body, in order to be clean and fresh. But what about our thinking? Can we be as faithful about refreshing our thoughts? Mrs.

Most of us would probably agree that salvation should include—as well as the destruction of sin—a permanent realization of the assurance found in the book of Revelation: "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. " Rev.

What is the main thrust that impels the study and metaphysical work of active students of Christian Science? Isn't it a deep desire to become more God-conscious, more joyously aware of God's presence and our oneness with Him? This spiritual sense of unity with God, the All-Mind, must be cultivated by us all if we as individuals, and as a church, are to grow to our full potential in Christ. We all know that it is relatively easy to intellectually pinpoint this great need, but quite another thing to carry through, to work with such vigor and consecration that we become actually conscious that we live in God's allness—really feel this truth in sufficient degree to demonstrate it as harmony in our daily lives.

Today, good diction is in demand. A poorly delivered news broadcast is rare.

Many today feel that women need to be freed from the secondary status traditionally imposed upon them by male dominated societies. Women themselves are not agreed on this issue—at one extreme bitterly resenting what they feel is a degrading image; at the other, clinging to what they see as a specially cherished status.

Imagine an individual who believes that past events over which he had no control—a war, say, or a depression— have ruined his prospects for a happy life. He feels victimized by his past and wishes he could start his life over again.

The eagle doesn't run away from the wind or get pulled apart by it. He rides the wind and soars higher because of it.

One morning recently I made my way to a Christian Science Reading Room to find an article published in an early periodical. In my search I gazed upon a whole bookcase full of bound volumes of The Christian Science Journal and the Christian Science Sentinel.

No one is absolutely sure. His story has been retold by the West German film director Werner Herzog, who, aptly enough, called his film The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser.