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They had always thought of themselves as an active church. But the minute the members of First Church of Christ, Scientist, St.

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" ( Gen. 1:1 ).

To those whose major concern is the salvation of men from sin, disease, and death through the practice of Christian Science, the theater and cinema of today might seem a good place to stay away from. The few choices available might appear to be only between varying degrees of vulgarity, violence, and animality.

The marriage altar is really an axis in the lives of many. So much appears to revolve around it.

In a period of rapid change it is reassuring to ponder the Psalmist's words, "In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. " Ps.

A young Christian Scientist I know was greeted by someone with the question, "How's the world treating you these days?" Quickly my young friend answered, "The world isn't treating me. I'm treating it !" How many of us are as alertly doing our duty in regard to world problems? In the past much was said of the fire and brimstone and the weeping and gnashing of teeth that would come upon people after death if they failed to toe the line of obedience to God.

"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. " So reads the Bible promise.

A member of a Christian Science branch church, society, or college organization faced with a personal problem such as an inharmonious bodily condition can proceed to do something about it. He can refuse to accept the false evidence of material sense.

The enterprises the human mind directs its efforts to are often undeserving of those efforts. Too often they lack the vital ingredient of idealism.

Today opportunities for practical prayer are encountered in every walk of life. God's opportunities come to consciousness as the challenge to think and act rightly.