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What can a book written a hundred years ago do to affect the problems of poverty in the late twentieth-century world? A book that springs from the design of the creative Mind, divine intelligence, God, can accomplish much. Ignorance, selfishness, greed, superstition, stifling tradition, apathy, are the causes of poverty.

The power of joy cannot be overestimated in aiding one to overcome suffering. To anyone seeking healing, joy can be a real help.

Mary Baker Eddy's remarkable healing work was the result of a deep, luminous spirituality. It enabled her to reflect the curative harmony of God, divine Love.

For many years I have taught the eighteenand nineteen-year-old class. The class has apparently been successful to a degree, because it has always had a number of visitors, not only from neighboring Churches of Christ, Scientist, but from other religious groups.

If you are a member of a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, what do you want most for your church? A steady flow of newcomers? Wednesday testimonies that heal? Financial abundance? Inspiring business meetings? Ardent church workers? These are all concrete possibilities for every branch church, and in practical ways we can help our church attain them. But what we truly need most for our church is to glorify God through the vigorous, visible demonstration in our community of "Church" as defined by Mrs.

The spiritual qualities that originate in God are expressed by man because God and man are coexistent. Christ Jesus, who more than any other demonstrated dominion over untoward circumstances, based his dominion upon his conscious oneness, or unity, with God.

Has the impulsion come to you to apply for class instruction in Christian Science? Have you decided that you'll think about it at a more convenient time? Some of us may be like those guests Jesus described in a parable as invited to a great supper, "And they all with one consent began to make excuse. " Luke 14:18 ; What arguments may delay our applying for class instruction with an authorized teacher of Christian Science? One argument may be, "I'm not ready.

It may sometimes seem as though our lives consist of daily rounds of humdrum activities. Others may appear to enjoy experiences full of larger, more important events than ours.

How relevant is the Bible to our daily life? Has it anything to offer that is useful in meeting today's major problems of human existence? We can begin to find out by studying the history of one of its characters. What does Moses' experience have to say to us in regard to life as opposed to death? When he was forty years old, the Old Testament tells us, he killed a man in a fit of indignation and fled to the desert.

"Let's not get caught in the game of one-upmanship," said an alert friend, breaking off a religious discussion that was fast becoming overblown with posed virtue. Spirituality has never been something to put on and take off at will.