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We should be alert to the claims of mental malpractice to defend ourselves properly against this foe. Recognizing that it is an enemy prods us to face up to it and handle it properly.

A well-known rule followed by news reporters is to be certain that their stories answer the five questions: "Who? What? Where? When? Why?" These five questions have proved to be a means of awakening the writer to a clearer understanding of her spiritual status as the reflection of God. Recently she was experiencing a severe headache, and suddenly the five questions mentioned above came vividly to her thought.

If you were to ask a Christian Scientist if he ever becomes intoxicated, he would undoubtedly answer with a vigorous No. A Christian Scientist knows that to indulge in intoxicating drinks would be inconsistent with the teachings of his religion.

Any truly successful individual, whatever his line of endeavor, has achieved success because he has had a clear purpose and ordered his life by an impulsion to fulfill this purpose. Realizing a unique individual purpose is a challenge we all face.

Prayer on behalf of The Mother Church and its present building program, as well as one's own branch Church of Christ, Scientist, or Christian Science college organization, is increasingly effective as it is better known that the true idea of Church is spiritual. In his day, Christ Jesus saw the wisdom of turning thought always to the spiritual.

Some years ago, before the doors were opened at a church where a Christian Science lecture was to be given, the crowd was lined up on the steps, across the pavement, and out to the street. One of a couple of passersby remarked, "Goodness! Look at that crowd! They must be giving something away in there tonight.

Today Christianity urgently needs the love and support of every Christian Scientist. Most of all, it needs his clear discernment of the spiritual concept of Church, undergirding the human institution.

As Christian Scientists we witness with pride the expansion of effort evidenced by the Christian Science Church Center as The Mother Church moves forward with its programs of growing service to mankind. We realize that this growth is made possible by students and branch churches encircling the world.

Bedrock. Unshakable.

In this modern world of merchandising and advertising, millions of dollars and hundreds of hours are spent in creating a demand for a particular service or product. In the midst of this world, clamoring for attention, Sunday School teachers in Churches of Christ, Scientist, are imparting a knowledge valuable beyond any human commodity—the Science of Christianity.