It
has been well said that in order to be a success in any thing one must fully believe in one's self; but the belief in one's self requires also a full knowledge of one's self, and here it is well to consider the counsel of Paul when he wrote the Corinthians saying, "And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
If
Mary Baker Eddy had done no more, through her discovery and recovery of Christian Science, than to lift humanity to a higher conception of the word "love," she would have accomplished what idealists everywhere have striven for, throughout all ages.
Very
helpful thoughts have been received through the study of the beautiful narrative of the healing of the centurion's servant as found in the eighth chapter of Matthew.
Napoleon
is credited with the sage-sounding remark, "Man is immortal until his work is done," which may convey to the human sense some realization of the relative importance of a man and the purpose to which he is consecrated.
Many
will readily recall the arguments pro and con which have centered around the doctrines of faith as preached by Paul and that of works as enunciated by James.
