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Whatever happened to those Centennial goals set by your branch church in 1966? Did you follow through until they were reached? It took several years for the members of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Llandudno, North Wales, to reach one of their goals, but they never gave up. They had decided to establish a downtown Reading Room to replace the one located in the church edifice.

Ours is often called a scientific age. This expression implies that much of mankind has outgrown that period of placid innocence in which unproven theories, man-made dogmas, and mere authoritarian pronouncements could command their faith and mental submission.

Christian Science parents who had stood steadfastly for the truth in teaching their son that he must obey Principle count among their most cherished rewards his remark on his first day of leave from the armed services during World War II. It was this: "If there is any one thing I have been grateful for these past months, it is that I had been taught to obey.

Today, more than ever before, it seems, mankind are concerned about the subject of abnormal physical growths. How like the lie of mortal, material mind to pervert the truth of God's creation with theories of disorderly and harmful growth! Growth as God causes it is orderly, symmetrical, beautiful, fruitful.

Mankind, as a whole, are easily impressed. Consciously or unconsciously they generally accept as real the claims of the physical senses—sight, touch, taste, smell, hearing—and are impressed accordingly.

There was a time when it was not uncommon for my wife and me to carry week-old copies of The Christian Science Monitor to church for use in distribution work. However, in nearly every case the wrapper placed on the paper for the original mailing was still firmly intact! This was before each of us became what we laughingly called, "a wrapper snapper.

How often Mrs. Eddy's words "the structure of Truth and Love" are in the thoughts and speech of devoted Christian Scientists! They come from her succinct and dynamic definition of "Church" in Science and Health.

Mankind are striving through endless channels of thought and action to set aside limitations. They are urging themselves on toward ever higher goals—goals that mean progress and betterment for the human race.

In order to overcome the influence of animal magnetism on morals, one must first learn what animal magnetism is, what it claims to do, and how to recognize it when confronted by it. What, then, is animal magnetism? Well, it isn't a thing, an entity, or a power.

All that stands for God proclaims the positive. Mrs.