Possibly
every Christian Scientist has at some time in his experience reached a period of calm when, instead of indulging the tendency to rest on his oars, he has been sufficiently wise to work with unremitting perseverance and trust.
In
the twelfth chapter of Judges is found an account of the test applied to the fleeing Ephraimites, who by denying their nationality sought to escape from the victorious soldiers of Gilead and regain their own land.
The
following incident is one of many that have come to me during the six years of my study of Christian Science, and illustrates the difference in results between wrong methods and right.
A rosebush
grew by a crumbling wallAt the end of a lonely lane,Where a solemn silence ruled o'er allAnd the tangled grass and the weeds so tallWithered for lack of rain.
The assertion in a sermon quoted in a recent issue that nine tenths of the Christian Scientists have become such in order to be healed, is substantially correct, although seventy-five per cent is perhaps more nearly the actual proportion.
In a recent issue I find under the caption, "The Bible and Christian Science," the full text of a sermon delivered by a clergyman, in which he presents his opinion of what Christian Science teaches.
It
has occasionally happened that Christian Scientists, in changing from their old beliefs about religion and the observance of certain forms and ceremonies belonging thereto, have become just a little bit unsettled in regard to the proper observance of the Sabbath day.
It
is deeply interesting to note the many references to light which are to be found in the Scriptures, the word being constantly used therein to express the presence of Deity.
Before Christian Science awakened my thought to a true understanding of God, I doubt if a more unhappy individual could have been found anywhere, owing to constant physical inharmony and a great fear of what might await me at the time of so-called death.
When
the good you desire seems so far awayThat your hope grows dim in your heartAnd your faith less clear, it is time to pray,And awaken and do your part.
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