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Under the caption "Where there is never enough to eat" a recent press photograph showed an endless line of small children queuing up for a meager ration of food. It underlined a basic problem of the world today.

The office of an usher, according to Webster's dictionary, is "to introduce or escort as .

"How far down do you go to reach the foundation?" At the site of the Christian Science Church Center project in Boston this question was often asked. Here large steel pipes were driven down to prepare for building the new twenty-six story Administration Building.

The new student of Christian Science, overjoyed in his growing understanding of the allness of God and the nothingness of evil, is sometimes puzzled when he is urged to protect or defend himself daily against evil, in whatever form it may appear. Surely, he argues, if God is All-in-all, against whom or what should I protect myself? This is a reasonable question, and it merits a satisfactory answer.

Every problem in human experience can be said to be an opportunity for the individual to awaken from the dream that existence is in matter to the realization of life in Spirit, God, governed by divine law. As one approaches problems from this viewpoint, he puts himself in the position of dominion.

The following unique experience is worth telling about because it illustrates a significant point in Christian Science healing. The writer stepped out upon the stage of a world-famous concert hall.

The Bible records that Joseph, an upright and faithful servant of God, at one time was involuntarily entangled in a compromising situation with the wife of Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, ruler of Egypt. Though her sinful design was cunning and aggressive, Joseph, well grounded in the moral and spiritual law, unhesitatingly refused her offers and hastily departed from her presence.

Pick up any paper; tune in any newscast. These media are portraying daily, and in graphic detail, crime conditions that highlight the need for protection of the law-abiding citizen and for punishment of the criminal.

Freedom from accidents doesn't just happen. It is never a sport of circumstance, a vagary of the mortal so-called laws of chance, of statistical averages, nor of superstitions built on astrology, numerology, palmistry, and the like.

Our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy, writes: "When the illusion of sickness or sin tempts you, cling steadfastly to God and His idea.