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The master Christian, Christ Jesus, had only one ambition: to do the will of his Father, to please and glorify Him. He said, "To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth.

In the advertising business, creativity is at a premium. Artists and writers are hired —and fired—because of their creative performance.

How much application has the second commandment in the Mosaic Decalogue for us today? We are not likely to kneel in worship before an image-god, sacrifice to the sun or the moon, or propitiate ancient deities believed to inhabit the seas. This commandment specifically says: "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

In recent years we have read and heard a great deal about what is known as the discovery method in education. This term refers to the approach that is being applied, often quite successfully, in teaching many subjects, including physics, chemistry, and mathematics, so that students are helped to discover certain basic relationships for themselves instead of having them explained or demonstrated to them in a dogmatic fashion by their teachers.

Communication between the Christian Scientist and his non-Science friends and neighbors is sometimes hampered by what we might call the "we and they" syndrome. The Christian Scientist is considering himself and his church members as "we" and the rest of the world as "they.

Mankind view with awe the travel of rockets into outer space, and the thinking of the world moves swiftly into a new era. Students of Christian Science see this progressive step as an indication of the breaking down of obstructive mortal beliefs of time and space.

During recent years great improvements have been made in educational methodology, equipment, and curriculums. Increased expenditure of effort and resources has resulted in a veritable explosion of knowledge and in rapid progress in scientific research.

Spiritual understanding should be fundamental in all measurements, and, indeed, it gives the only light that enables us to see the real where, according to Christian Science, an illusion, or unreality, is claiming presence. In the definition of "day" in the Glossary of Science and Health Mrs Eddy says: "The objects of time and sense disappear in the illumination of spiritual understanding, and Mind measures time according to the good that is unfolded.

Many years ago I had a little dog, a Pekingese. My next-door neighbor did not like my dog, and one day she kicked it when she thought I wasn't looking.

In the degree that one puts Christian Science into practice one is a practitioner of Christian Science, whether one is just beginning the study of this religion or has been studying for many years. After all, "practitioner" simply means one who exercises his profession or calling.