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To help me overcome a condition of impaired eyesight, I had called a practitioner. I felt frustrated because of inability to spend long periods of time studying the Bible Lessons In the Christian Science Quarterly; and reading all the Christian Science periodicals.

Just what is moral courage? Fundamentally it is integrity maintained regardless of the cost. It is the quality that compels a person to put aside selfish expediency and express the ethical, honest, and virtuous.

"What is your aim in philosophy?" Ludwig Wittgenstein asked. "To show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle.

In answer to the question "How would you define Christian Science?" Mrs. Eddy answers, "As the law of God, the law of good, interpreting and demonstrating the divine Principle and rule of universal harmony.

For centuries philosophers have theorized about idealism and realism, and voluminous works have been published on these subjects. Some thinkers have caught glimpses of underlying realities, others have felt the impulsion of new ideas and have come up with brilliant but fragmentary insights into the physically intangible nature of the universe and man.

The deep effect made upon Paul by the trial and death of Stephen was not evident at once. The immediate result was to redouble the persecuting ardor of the future apostle.

It would be sad to see a field of golden grain go unharvested for lack of laborers. More regrettable, though, is another scene which confronts us today.

Was I ready to be First Reader in my branch Church of Christ, Scientist? That was the question that leaped into my mind following a friend's suggestion that I should accept the appointment if it were offered. It's a question that startles many a church member when he is confronted with the prospect of serving in this office.

"If God is good and all-powerful and creates everything, where does evil come from?" The question was raised by a teenage pupil in a Christian Science Sunday School. It is one that has occurred to many people.

A high school student had an experience that eventually changed her whole outlook on life. A few weeks before certain honors were to be announced, the teacher who was in charge of the awards unwisely told her she would receive one of them.