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Being and purpose
The awe occasioned by the sudden contemplation of the vastness of star-strewn skies or the seemingly boundless vista from a mountaintop has made people echo the Psalmist's words "What is man, that thou art mindful of him?" Ps. 8:4. Is man only a speck in this immensity?
When uninstructed by the truth the Bible teaches, the human mind belittles the abilities of man. It sees his life as corporeal—beginning in helpless infancy, then buffeted by the vagaries of materiality until it succumbs to deterioration and death. What distress such ignorance engenders! No wonder the question "What is man?" bursts out.

September 12, 1983 issue
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Progress: heeding the right indicators
MARY ELIZABETH LEEVER
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Losing a job isn't the end
FEROL AUSTEN
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"The anchor of hope"
ANN S. LAUGHLIN
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Being and purpose
ROWLAND D. GEORGE
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Choosing a second career
DAVID E. BASHAM, JR.
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A first step: learning to love God
BARBARA-JEAN STINSON
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Healing moral pollution
CAROLYN B. SWAN
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Prayer on the playground
Lucia Johnson Leith
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At one time I had a heart condition, which so...
GLADYS FLORENCE BRIGNALL
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Christian Science has made such an impact on my life that my...
RAVINA S. BARTE
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I had the privilege of being raised in a home where there was a...
DOUGLAS MATHESON