When
the call "to arms" sounds in a militant human struggle, what enthusiasm it arouses in the hearts of the soldiery, and how quickly they shoulder arms and march to defend the honor of the cause they have espoused! In this age the bugle-call in the battle between Truth and error has been sounded through the revelation of Christian Science, and it may well be asked how many of us have equipped ourselves with Truth's armor and weapons and stand ready to obey the inspiring summons.
From
the story of Gideon, as found in the book of Judges, many useful lessons and much encouragement may be gained by those who are striving, against seeming odds, to realize and demonstrate the truth of Christian Science.
A Path
I chose, wherein my feet should tread;It lay before me, lily-lined and fair;Roses and sunshine, summer skies o'erhead,Sweet peace, companionship, and love, were there.
Nineteen hundred years ago a seemingly new idea of our natural relations sprang up in the minds of the people—especially the common, plain people, over there in the mountains and little valleys about Jerusalem.
We want a daily paper, a paper to give us accurate information, not of our own town alone nor of our country, which may be but a small and comparatively insignificant little island off the coast of Europe, like England let us say, but of every throb and pulse of the great heart of the great human race.
A well-known medical journal recently suggested that Christian Scientists could use material means to advantage with the spiritual means they are now employing in healing the sick.
The presumption of any one making a tramp through the country and subsisting on the charity of the inhabitants for support, has no part whatever in the teaching of Christian Science.
I have seen a clipping from a recent issue in which it is said that in a local gathering the speaker who discussed Christian Science attributed its healing to "mental suggestion and the power of the subconscious mind over the body.
It
is no less surprising than true, as one comes to think of it, that the average man finds it much easier to believe in God, of whom physical sense gives him no knowledge whatever, than to disbelieve in matter, for supporting evidence of which he must look to physical sense alone.
There
can be no question that mental and moral strength is indispensable to human progress, but not all are willing to rouse themselves to make the effort needed for its attainment.
When I was about two years old I had a serious fall, and as a result I had a slight curvature of the spine, which threw one hip and one shoulder a little out of place.
I hereby certify that in the first part of December, 1910, I had a very severe attack of throat trouble which was overcome in two treatments in Christian Science.
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