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Freedom requires a purpose. It takes on meaning for you and me as we discover its uses.

Never has there been a greater need to find a solution to the tragic conditions facing large numbers of people. And there has never been more goodwill, more desire to come to grips with these problems and to provide means to feed the hungry, cure the sick, alleviate poverty, and bring the opportunity for education to those deprived of such advantages.

The widening disparity between technological progress and the solution of social problems, including its dilemma "why go to the moon while millions go hungry?" is uncovering the need for a more enlightened approach to economic conditions, to business methods and problems. The limitations besetting efforts to meet this need on a material basis show that the basic motivating purpose of every useful and successful activity must be moral and spiritual, a genuine desire to serve rather than acquire.

Social service as the world knows it is big business today. In a number of countries government has become a mammoth social agency in its attempt to meet people's needs.

Obadiah, the shortest prophetic book in the Old Testament, consists of but twenty-one verses, forming a single chapter and opening with the words, "The vision of Obadiah"—a name meaning either "worshiper" or "servant" of the Lord. Obadiah is a relatively common name but not specifically identifiable with any of the dozen or more individuals so named in the Bible.

As a country develops from a simple agricultural community to a highly organized society, there is a substantial move of population from country to city. This has presented the world's developed countries with acute problems.

All Christian Scientists want to do good, but sometimes they don't seem to know how to achieve their desires. Such was the case of a young couple early in their married life.

"Little children"—what a term of endearment! Christ Jesus, the great Master, used it more than once in his teachings, and always with deep love and compassion. He truly loved little children.

The Christian Science Quarterly is a prolific source of spiritual power. Christian Science and its teachings are exemplified in a weekly Lesson-Sermon, which is studied and used by its students.

One of the most important, practical aspects of Christian Science is that it shows one specifically how to protect himself from evil in its various forms. Through daily study and frequent prayer the individual establishes a sense of unity with God and becomes confident that the trials of daily life cannot overwhelm him.