Article September 10, 1910 Issue

THE COMFORTER

E. ROSE COCHRANE.

One of the most vital points in the teaching of Jesus the Christ was contained in the promise of the Holy Ghost or Comforter, of which he said, "The Comforter . . . whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, . . . he will guide you into all truth."

Is it possible that the great Teacher, who said, "Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven," intended to send to his followers that which, after nineteen hundred years of seeking and striving to understand, still remains a "mystery" to many? Surely Christ Jesus did not intend to send a guide that would be like a will-o'-the-wisp to those who needed practical instruction and leadership as much as did the disciples! The Master once said, "I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes," and does not this statement prove that purity and singleness of thought and purpose, typified by a babe, can through revelation apprehend all truth? Why, then, are we not more willing to become as little children, instead of following blindly the "wise and prudent," while their mysteries yet remain mysteries to us?

R. L. Stevenson in "Lay Morals" truly says: "The longest argument is but a finger pointed; once we get our own finger rightly parallel, we see what the man meant, whether it be a new star or an old street-lamp. And briefly, if a saying (or fact) is hard to understand, it is because we are thinking of something else." Some may doubt this statement, until they find that it stands the test of practical truth, and as students of Christian Science we are proving its truth every day. What is the Bible but a finger pointing to the one great light? and what is our textbook, but a "Key to the Scriptures," a finger pointing to truths in this Book of books that are nearer to us than the street-lamps and brighter than the stars?

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