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We are all road builders. The prophet Isaiah urged, "Prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones.

Today we have countless methods of measuring everything, from the condition of the body to the success of international activities. And in between we can measure such things as interpersonal, social, business, government, church, artistic, technical, and educational matters.

What unforgettable thing did you learn from the 1971 Biennial College Meeting? Girl from Australia : The power of love. Love is the essence of healing, and I knew I hadn't loved enough.

In New Testament times, a Jewish boy's early training would revolve around the sacred Hebrew Scriptures, the Law of Moses, the Torah, forming the basis of his schooling. The Hebrew school would be in the local synagogue, and the instruction—commenced at home—would now be in the charge of the synagogue schoolmaster.

One dictionary definition of the word "posture" is "a mental and spiritual attitude. " As the world's need of spiritual healing becomes more evident and more deeply felt—and this is surely what the signs of these times portend—we should examine the posture of The Mother Church in responding to this need.

Perhaps someone has lost his job because of technological change or economic conditions. Or maybe he is struggling to make ends meet in low-paying, unsatisfying work that does not give him a sense of being fully useful.

God is found only in the realm of our own consciousness. It is of no use to search for His presence in any other place.

All of us really want to multiply what is good in our experience. For a time it may appear that we want more capital for our business endeavors or better income to meet rising living costs—in short, an increase of material things.

In the Manual of The Mother Church under the heading "Music in the Church," our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, includes a single By-Law entitled "Soloist and Organist.

To live serenely is a challenge to many of us today. We surrender to the mesmeric influences of materialism as manifested by contemporary society and find ourselves hurrying to and from our places of business or employment, rushing to catch trains, planes, and buses—even hurrying to leave for a vacation spot where we hope to stop hurrying! We do this because we aren't sufficiently awake to the fact that disturbed or restless activity is the result of thinking based on material sense testimony.