In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

Advancing Years

To journey out of every belief of life in matter into higher and higher realms of spiritual understanding we must be willing and ready to make constant advancement.

"If only he would change!"

How often, when struggling with an inharmonious relationship with a wife or husband, son or daughter, business associate or friend, a person thinks, "Oh, if only he would change, if only he were more loving or cooperative or understanding, how much better things would be!" But often he doesn't change even after much reasoning, arguing, and entreating.

Eliminating Contagion

The word "contagion" often strikes deep fear into the hearts of those who believe that evil can pass from person to person, bringing illness and death.

Finding Ourselves

Have you ever watched a star shining out of the enormous night and sensed the deep mystery of it—why it is there, what kindled its fires, what exquisite poise sets it among its numberless neighbors and the silent worlds we know not of?

Can Poverty Be Overcome?

Poverty looms large on the social horizon of our day.

Signs of the Times

George Matthew Adamsin a columnof The Greenville NewsGreenville, South Carolina

The Race

Central High had a winning track team, and Bill wanted to be on it.

The Demands of God

In these times we are often besieged by increasing demands, and we wonder how we'll ever fulfill all our obligations, and also how many of them are legitimate.

The Stationary Escalator

As he stepped onto a short escalator, the writer felt momentarily off-balance.

Command and Promise

When is a command more than a command?

Don't Open That Box

According to Greek mythology, a woman named Pandora once opened a box containing all sorts of diseases and other evils and let them loose to plague mankind.

Active Rest

A beautiful white swan floated serenely toward a rustic footbridge.