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Each new step in the unfoldment of Christianity appears to have been attended by persecution. Speaking of reaction to the discovery of Christian Science, Mrs.

Forever flowing freely to man from his divine source is the infinite good of Truth, Life, and Love. The influence of divinity is invariably, unquestionably beneficial, purposeful, and enlightening.

Spiritual, scientific truth can reveal a new and powerful dimension in the art and science of governing. In a perilous period of political turning and overturning we need to become increasingly aware of this fact.

A husband received at his office a Mother's Day card from his wife inscribed, "Because you are such a good mother to me and to our children, I love you with all my heart. " Is it bold to assert that true motherhood is not just a matter of biological factors? Nor is true fatherhood.

Three little vignettes tell a great deal about the purpose and role of The Christian Science Monitor: • A magazine writer, who had spent some time researching a story about the Monitor, finally came to the Editor with this conclusion: "It's the Christian Science that goes into it [the Monitor ] that makes the difference. " • A leading United States Senator was about to give an exclusive and headline-making interview.

How is it possible to think of evil as unreal? Many besides Christian Scientists are willing to agree that Deity, the supreme power of the universe, by whatever name described, is good. But as they approach the consequent conclusion, the unreality of evil, they draw back.

Paul's natural impulse on returning from Damascus to Jerusalem was to seek out the disciples, and we are told in Acts ( 9:26 ) that "he assayed to join himself" to them, no doubt expecting a cordial reception as one who had preached the gospel with success in Damascus. If so, he must have been bitterly disappointed.

My eye was struck by this unusual title of an editorial in an issue of The Times of London (December 14, 1973), and as I read the article, I began to think deeply of the significance of the title and of its relevance to current affairs. Midwifery is generally accepted as being the skill or art of assisting at childbirth, and I remembered being taught in the Christian Science Sunday School that the word "reality" comes from the Latin word "res" which means literally "thing," or that which actually exists.

True resources are spiritual realities, which exist in the realm of Spirit, God. They are inherent in man, God's expression.

Suppose you wished to make a garden. Would you take stone, cement, plants, and right away begin laying out the garden indiscriminately? Wouldn't it result in a bit of a shambles? You would first use your ability to think, and then reach out for some inspiration about the garden.