Article May 18, 1899 Issue

The Appeal of a Great Awakening

BY J. B. WILLIS

In the history of earthly struggles it sometimes happens that the anticipation of an easy victory has imperiled the consummation of a great cause.

The over-confidence and abandon that was forgetful of discipline and the fulfilment of immediate duty, weakened and hindered more than temporary discomfiture. If the promise and prophecy of Christian Science to-day beget enthusiasm, they should the more surely lead to thoughtfulness and consecration, for the sequence of a supreme opportunity is determined by the right apprehension, the responsive adequacy of those to whom it is committed.

When we consider the present condition and prospects of Science, we may find it difficult to realize that at the present rate of increase the number of its active friends will exceed ten million within ten years. The significance to our race history of such a realization simply cannot be expressed, and yet the assurances of this stupendous growth seem well grounded.

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