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Mankind yearn for freedom, fight for it, live and die for it. But what is the ultimate purpose of this pursuit? Is it that men may live a life free of discomfort or that they may do simply as they please? Having achieved those states, what fresh meaning to living could they find? Today a new generation is grappling with the imperative question: Freedom for what? It is clear that we need an understanding of freedom's true purpose in order to measure our motives, guide our efforts, and avoid, along the way, the pitfalls of freedom's counterfeits.

Not since the time of the Reformation has there been an upheaval in organized religion such as we are experiencing today. Doubt, disbelief, and dissension are undermining many denominations, and books tearing at the very heart of long-accepted theological doctrines are receiving wide attention.

Where is protection to be found? Society is now asking this question frequently and urgently. The minds of people today are being bombarded by reports of rising accident rates, criminal violence, and mob madness.

The divisions and cruelties of the carnal mind that would partition the creation of God into races and classes, the haves and the have-nots, are being seriously challenged by modern thinkers. Demands to do away with these barriers have caught the attention of the world.

In contrast to the orthodox concept of theology, Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, revealed and demonstrated to the world that her discovery includes the healing of sickness as well as sin by divine power alone. Thus did Christ Jesus, our Way-shower, and his earlier followers demonstrate this power.

A Christian Science Reading Room opens its doors to the general public. What if trouble walks in? In Brooklyn, New York, the problem was handled this way.

"The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign" ( Jer. 1:1,2 ).

The great need today is for Christian Scientists to reach out into the community and spread widely the light of Christian Science. The early days of our movement were characterized by a crusading zeal to bring this wonderful healing light to humanity.

Church building is an exciting step that represents progress not only for the community and for the sponsoring group but also for each individual in that group. This step may be taken repeatedly by a branch Church of Christ, Scientist.

Speaking of the first manned orbiting of the moon last Christmas Eve, Captain Frank Borman observed in a magazine article: "The view of the earth from the moon fascinated me—a small disk, 240,000 miles away. It was hard to think that that little thing held so many problems, so many frustrations.