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Mankind, considered in relation to the total estimated age of the physical universe, is seen to be still in its infancy. In this context, the advent of Christianity almost two thousand years ago is made to appear comparatively recent.

How important it is today, when the world seems to be tense and confused on many issues, that Christian Scientists keep out hazy and stagnating beliefs of apathy, fear, lethargy, lack of initiative, and indifference and be active in Christ, Truth! Mrs. Eddy, who was not unfamiliar with mass mesmerism and its effect upon individuals, instructed her followers how to handle this belief.

Progress demands that outmoded institutions either be updated or replaced by new ones more adapted to changing needs. Today's education and transportation little resemble what they were as institutions a hundred years ago.

There is a fallacy abroad in the world, based upon centuries of scholastic theology, which states emphatically that man is mortal, born in original sin, and hence that men must convict themselves of guilt and unworthiness before their prayers can be effective and their sicknesses healed. In other words, they must be their own prosecuting attorney.

Communication is often considered the key to harmonious relationships. It is the first step in efforts to conciliate and adjust.

Today more and more people are accepting the premise that all men should have equal opportunity. Much effort is put forth to make this concept practical in our daily lives, sometimes by means of new laws, sometimes even by physical force.

Some individuals today are seriously and sincerely questioning centuries-old moral standards. One argument is that these standards have been supported by fear and that now the reasons for fear no longer exist.

What is the main task of youth today? It is to overcome whatever opposes good. This task is not more difficult than it was in the time of Christ Jesus.

Hebrew prophecy, especially in written form, is important to students of the New Testament, as well as of the Old. It forms a vital part of the Hebrew heritage, which influenced and inspired Christianity.

In his great Sermon on the Mount, Christ Jesus revealed the solution of the problem of supply. After admonishing his listeners to have no anxious thought about what they should eat or how they should be clothed, he said, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.