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Just as helpful as ever A tried and true friend is still around—The Christian Science Sunday School Handbook. Although seven years old, it's not outdated.

Attendance overflows at 'Joy of Healing' meetings When "The Joy of Healing" meetings were conducted in London and neighboring areas, people predicted that attendance might snowball. What happened has been typical of the response to programs held so far in the United States, Britain, and New Zealand.

In this year's July–September Quarterly The Bible Lesson on "Christian Science" is the 26th subject in the Quarterly and usually falls on the last Sunday in June. This year, however, the 26th Sunday falls on July 1, and the subject "Christian Science" thus starts a new quarter.

And the difference it can make Advisors of Christian Science college organizations have a choice. They can see their organizations spiritually or materially.

Christian Science nursing—a many-faceted art.

A number of active, working Christian Scientists were asked to write us letters telling how they study the weekly Lesson-Sermon in the "Christian Science Quarterly. " Following are excerpts from some of these letters.

Are you serving your church as an usher? And do you sometimes think of it as a merely routine activity? Have you perhaps thought that it is one of the least spiritually demanding posts in church work? Stop a moment and consider its potential for healing. What kind of spiritual impact would result if ushers invariably approached their work prayed-up to the point of spiritual readiness and buoyancy? If they consistently —prayed for spiritual clear-sightedness to see everyone as the son of God? —prayed for spiritual alertness and compassion to detect and meet whatever need might arise? —prayed to see the service itself, not as a collection of mortals gathering to hear some words read from the desk, but as the very unfoldment of God's Word embracing all in love and healing inspiration? The answer is obvious.

Old age is a mental blindfold we should refuse to wear. It is woven of mortal thought called time.

One of the most basic popular misconceptions is that the body operates separately from the mind. Jesus disproved this.

How can outreach bring results? A challenging question. My search for the answer was stimulated while attending an Annual Meeting of The Mother Church, where one of the speakers made the statement, "There is not one truth for the white man and another truth for the black man.