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In the Manual of The Mother Church , Mrs. Eddy makes provision for organ music and for a solo to be sung at Christian Science services.

We are all familiar with unwarranted requirements and demands made upon us in our businesses, by our families, and in our human relationships. Perhaps we give what we feel is a fair amount of time and effort in these areas, but additional demands are made causing what seems to be an imposition—a burden.

One of the greatest assets of good, inspiring teaching is the teacher's deep and sincere sense of humility. Young people are more than ever searching for the truth that is given in the Christian Science Sunday School.

We live in an age of protest. Students protest against outmoded administrative policies; taxpayers protest against the free spending of legislators; adults protest against teen-age rebellion; people of all ages protest against racial injustice, war, poverty; protestors protest against other protestors.

Each Christian Scientist might well ask himself, "When was the last time I invited a friend to a Wednesday testimony meeting?" Certainly attending that meeting is a unique and profitable experience. What other religion holds a meeting in the local community every week of the year so that testimonies of present-day healings based on the teachings of Christ Jesus can be heard? These testimonies are not academic discussions of some miracle that occurred two thousand years ago.

When a family is constantly on the go— involved in community organizations, volunteer work, sports, scholastics, and social activities—most people would agree this family is living the full life. On the other hand, the individual who lives alone and belongs to no community organizations may be regarded as living a somewhat barren life.

Sometimes a person asks, "Why can't I be more receptive to Truth? Why can't I realize more clearly the presence and power of God? Why can't I grasp spiritual facts of God and man more quickly?" Actually, receptivity to Truth—the ability and willingness to receive spiritual understanding—is native to man. God is omniscient Mind, the all-knowing One, the source of all intelligence and power.

Some of us have an unhappy story, including perhaps an unhappy childhood or frustrated adulthood—a story of repeated failures, unsatisfied longings, unfulfilled hopes, disillusionment, disappointment. Have you been thinking that this latter tale is your story, cherishing it perhaps, telling it to others, looking for sympathy? If so, now is the time to turn from mortal mind and its distorted history and turn to the divine Mind, God, for man's true record.

The voice of the Christian Science practitioner rang strong and clear, " Truth does the work. " "Yes, I know, but.

There is nothing quite so satisfying as enjoying the fruits of one's labor. Worthy accomplishment brightens the life of many an individual.