Article November 15, 1900 Issue

A Word for Christian Science

BY IRA C. HUBBELL.

I AM one of the thousands who anxiously await the weekly appearance of the Sentinel, for from its pages I always secure that assistance which brings clearer the the realization of the absolute nearness of the kingdom of heaven. Our Saviour said to his disciples centuries ago, ''Freely ye have received freely give,'' teaching the lesson that we really have only as we give, ''for with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.'' It is because I need so much that I wish to give all I can to others until finally I may realize the fulfilment of St. John, 8:32, and have the consciousness of that freedom possible only through a knowledge and understanding of the Truth.

It is a peculiar phase of man's thought that he is most apt to criticise the things about which he knows the least. If you will but slightly consider this condition of human thought it will disclose much of the opposition to the teachings of Christian Science, all of which vanishes when the person understands but a little of the freedom peculiar to the faithful Christian Science student.

Jesus said, "Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." What is the "heart" of which he speaks? The "heart" as we recognize it in the body does not know fear nor is it conscious of trouble. This meaning must therefore be of deeper import, and means our actual selves, and by these comforting words he sought to bring to tempest-tossed, care-worn, tired humanity, only those sweet, comforting, and and practical assurances which the student of the teachings of Christian Science has received, and which are hourly multiplied to every honest seeker for the Truth.

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