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Through divine inspiration Christ Jesus gave many instructions relating to social and humanitarian duties, as well as to duties of a purely spiritual nature. The bearing of these instructions on contemporary experience is as explicit as when the Master uttered them.

There is in human thought today, especially among alert but troubled young people, a deep dissatisfaction with things as they have been and an earnest desire to build a better world. The new American President, Richard M.

Indonesians are a people who have long felt close to God, and in these days many are open to new thinking in the field of religion, especially when it relates to solving the problem of human misery. Perhaps this is one reason why Christian Science is gaining more adherents there each year.

True pioneers are progressive, persistent, and purposeful. They express the vision, courage, and right activity that lead to the betterment of society.

The reading of the Lesson-Sermon during the Christian Science church services on Sunday is a joyous occasion during which healings can be expected to take place. Healings are possible because the reading is an outpouring of the Word of Truth, and Truth heals.

Mrs. Eddy writes, "Love for God and man is the true incentive in both healing and teaching.

Statistics on the subject of crime often stagger the imagination. When the Christ, or Truth, as revealed in Christian Science, is more generally understood and practiced, material beliefs, opposed to the Christ, are stirred to their utmost.

The extraordinary progress of the physical sciences in the last century has suggested to some that a particular way of thinking, termed "the scientific method," is especially productive. They propose applying it to other phases of thought and experience in the expectation of comparable advances.

The chairman of the department of journalism at a large university recently confided that he knew many people who wanted to write and had useful ideas to share. "But," he concluded sadly, "all they ever do is talk about it.

Christian Scientists have no reason to be alarmed or perplexed by the churning and change so visibly under way in the world today. They recognize that the leaven of Truth is at work in every phase of human experience, more so than ever before in modern times.