In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

An undivided source

Have you ever, upon hearing of local violence and destruction caused by racial tensions, wanted to pack up and move?
If we want to help mankind through prayer, we need more than a knowledge of what's going on in the world, helpful though such knowledge may be.

The cleansing waters of spiritual sense

Hercules, the mythical superman of ancient Greece, took on the imposing task of cleaning the Augean stables; the stalls, housing huge herds of cattle, had been neglected for thirty years.

We can monitor our thoughts

There are many ways to become a prisoner.

Perfecting our defenses

As we move from a materially oriented to a more spiritual life, we can spare ourselves much anguish by learning to recognize those signs that indicate the intrusion of evil suggestions—signs such as a feeling of physical discomfort, fear, or anxiety.

What did you accept today?

Who among us has not been taken in at one time or another by some bit of information?

Advance!

An intrepid World War I commander, General Foch sent this message to Marshal Joffre: "My right has been rolled up; my left has been driven back; my centre has been smashed.

Following through

An important point in many sports is to follow through.
What happens if someone with authority refuses to exercise it or doesn't know how?
When I was about ten years old, my mother bought me a new dress.

Keeping the perfect model in view

A pewter factory guide explained that each piece of a set of mugs was fashioned by hand after it had been removed from a mold.
The first—and worst—case of air pollution is recorded in the allegorical second chapter of Genesis, where we are told, "There went up a mist from the earth.