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Do you ever wonder as you read the news what you, as one person, can do about the innumerable problems facing the world today—problems involving such numbers of people that you are tempted to feel helpless before such a formidable array of temporal power? To begin with, you can find inspiration and instruction in the Holy Bible on how to approach insurmountable problems in the best way possible. The prophet Isaiah said, "Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.

In the Manual of The Mother Church Mrs. Eddy has specified a number of daily duties.

According to Christian Science, Church is an idea of divine Mind and is necessary to the complete expression of this Mind. God, Mind, is perfect, without a single element of imperfection or discord.

At the world's fair in Montreal, Canada, two of the most popular exhibits were Man and His Health and the Christian Pavilion. Both dealt with mankind in a complex, changing world where sickness and health, poverty and wealth, exist side by side.

In this second century of Christian Science the call has come for increased support of our church to aid in achieving the goal of universal acquaintance with and acceptance of the Science of Christ. As a result of increasing ease of travel and communications we have become neighbors to all people everywhere.

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.