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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.

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.