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From the skywalk on the fiftieth floor of the Prudential Tower one gets a splendid view of Boston. On clear days landmarks many miles away are easily discernible.

In recent years articles in the press and discussions on radio and television programs have argued the pros and cons of mothers' devoting themselves exclusively to the care of their families. One argument that needs thoughtful and clear-sighted consideration is that which claims that, by so doing, a well-educated or specially talented woman is necessarily wasting her abilities.

The desire to give a Christian Science lecture stems from Love. From divine Love itself comes love for our neighbor, a deep compassion toward him, and a longing to share with him the healing and comfort we ourselves are finding in the teachings of Christian Science.

American business is more and more being called upon to involve itself in the solution of some of today's most glaring problems, largely centered around race relations and poverty. If this involvement takes place, it will eventually represent a major change in the general attitude toward where a businessman's concern should end.

Mrs. Eddy places Church in a vital position in relation to the Cause of Christian Science, for she states, "The church is the mouthpiece of Christian Science,—its law and gospel are according to Christ Jesus; its rules are health, holiness, and immortality,—equal rights and privileges, equality of the sexes, rotation in office.

The twelve tribes of Israel, progressing to the point of entering the Promised Land, crossed over Jordan. Joshua had twelve stones removed from the river and set up on the other side.

Someone who had been superintendent of nurses in a large hospital for many years before taking up Christian Science explained to me that nervous tendencies do not develop quickly. "We help build them up," she said, "by lending ourselves to their insistent suggestions time and time again until they burst forth into explosiveness.

Many people today, while questioning the existence of God, subscribe to the idea of loving their fellowmen. Their concern for their neighbor is impelled by altruism, by a sense of social responsibility, or by humanistic faith.

Sometimes when I see the Manual of The Mother Church on my desk, I am reminded vividly of the only time I saw Mary Baker Eddy, its author. The connection does not arise from anything that was said at the time, but as the impact of that contact has developed in my thinking, so has my appreciation of the Manual.

The infinite One cannot be fractionated; therefore His reflection, spiritual man, cannot be a fraction. Man is not a piece of, nor does he reflect a piece of, the whole Mind.