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Ask yourself, "Have I shared Christian Science one-to-one today?" "One-to-one" is an action program launched last November by the Department of Branches and Practitioners of The Mother Church. It is designed to help individual Christian Scientists recognize and reach the unprejudiced thought in the people they meet all day long.

Traditionally believed to have been written by Daniel himself in the sixth century B. C and called by one early twentieth century authority "a genuine literary product of the exile" ( Guidebook to the Biblical Literature by John F.

It is a far cry from the day when some cautious conservative remarked, "If the good Lord had meant us to fly, he would have given us wings. " Air travel is now thought no more extraordinary than land or sea journeying.

Sometimes the student of religion, and more often the skeptic, is put off by Christ Jesus' statements pertaining to the real substance of life as he saw it. Statements such as "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven" Matt.

The irresistible law of Life is a divine force challenging the carnal mind, which says to all mankind, "Thou shalt surely die. " Gen.

Barriers have been restricting mankind for centuries. There have been barriers of race, religion, nationality, education, and class, to name a few.

We have a solemn responsibility to do what we can to further each activity of our great Cause. Mrs.

Material science enables one to send a message around the world in a fraction of a second. Language and distance no longer serve as insurmountable barriers to the exchange of thought.

The simplicity and dignity of a service in a Church of Christ, Scientist, with its minimum of ritualism and glamour, has earned the admiration of many non-Christian Scientists. The provision for silent prayer followed by the audible repetition of the Lord's Prayer in unison contributes greatly to the effectiveness of the service in uplifting thought and healing the congregation.

All that has ever been done to further the cause of Truth and to bring the Comforter to mankind has been done through self-abnegation and self-immolation. One of the greatest opportunities one can have to realize these qualities comes through serving in a democratic church government.