In
the light of the understanding of God which Christian Science gives, the words of John in his first epistle, "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear," are extraordinarily significant.
For
nearly two thousand years Christian people have desired to prove to the world that the babe born in Bethlehem of Judea brought to mankind the gospel of salvation.
At
the time of the birth of Jesus, as Luke relates, certain "shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night," "were sore afraid" as "the glory of the Lord shone round about them.
The
earnest efforts of mortals to establish lasting peace between the nations of earth are, for the most part, based upon a material concept of Life and its expression, the universe.
