The
demonstration is naturally the closing and all conclusive fact of our progressive experience in Christian Science, and it was eminently fitting that the last gathering of the series should be a testimony meeting.
If Jesus had left nothing but the Parables, his name would have been imperishable in literature; if he had bequeathed to posterity nothing but the simplicity of his speech and the irresistible logic of his argument, he would have had a permanent place among the orators of the world; if he had given to the world nothing but the commandment, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," enforced as it was by his own example, this one gift would have been sufficient to outweigh all the wealth of all the world; if he had left no record but the Sermon on the Mount, it alone would have made his natal day worthy of perpetual celebration — but all these added to the matchless majesty of a perfect life and the inspiring influence of an all-pervading love, are turning the eyes of an ever-increasing number to the path that he trod from the manger to the cross.
It
is quite probable that the event of Communion week which appealed most strongly to those who are not Christian Scientists was the Wednesday evening meeting.
The
Communion, the Annual Meeting, and the great gathering at the home of our Leader are over, and as an experience, has passed into the religious history of the world.
A REBUKE
for our narrowness of concept, our paucity of faith, and our meagerness of expectation of good, is often conveyed to us in the richness of Love's undeserved bestowals.
Christian Scientists
are not worried because the world at large has not as yet accepted their faith, since they know that it is only a question of time when all shall know the truth "from the least to the greatest;" that Isaiah's prophecy will be fulfilled, "And they shall not tell every man his neighbor, saying, Know the Lord, for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
It is now four and a half years since learned what a wonderful change Christian Science brings to all who become interested in it, and what a blessed release it brings to all sufferers, whether in mind or body.
The world is full of slow and commonplace people, and in no way can we more practically reveal our own wisdom and refinement of character than by manifesting patience and delicacy in our dealings with such, hiding from them alike their imperfections and our own superiority.
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