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Christian Science is not a hideaway for escaping into. It's a base from which we can cope with the insistent demands of contemporary living.

People say we are living in a revolution, and it is becoming obvious that we are. The violence and alienation of this time, as well as the often fumbling efforts for freedom and justice, make a strong demand on any thoughtful member of society to collect his resources to do what he can.

Jesus' period of obscurity in Nazareth had now come to an end, and he was ready to undertake his public ministry and gather around him those who would become his disciples. They would be the ones specially privileged to be with him in his daily work of preaching, teaching, and healing.

In Science and Health Mrs. Eddy says, "Whatever inspires with wisdom, Truth, or Love—be it song, sermon, or Science— blesses the human family with crumbs of comfort from Christ's table, feeding the hungry and giving living waters to the thirsty.

Many people are devoted to good human causes. But how many are devoted to the cause that underlies them all—the cause of achieving "the glorious liberty of the children of God"? Rom.

Patience is widely recognized as a virtue. And so it is if it is active, not merely a passive proclivity.

The Mother Church needs me? Of course it does. It needs each member just as surely as each member needs the Church.

An article on executive ability, published in a widely read business magazine, Nation's Business, December, 1968; came to my desk a while ago. It began with the query "When was the last time you took stock of yourself as an executive?" and continued with a list of fifty questions designed to test one's effectiveness as an executive.

A rocket leaving the launching pad must exert tremendous thrust in order to counteract the downward gravitational pull of the earth. This moment of achievement is called "lift-off.

In a world that appears overrun with imperfect human beings, it may seem ridiculous to declare, as Christian Science is doing today, that man is perfect, sinless. However, this Science does insist that man, the real man, whom God has created in His image, is pure and holy—now and forever.