Perhaps
one of the most seemingly paradoxical statements which have ever puzzled the earnest Bible student is this: "Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
It
has been wisely said that the first test of a great man is his humility, but humility has for students of Christian Science a deeper significance than this; it assumes for them a wider and fuller meaning than the world usually gives it.
One
can but realize, after a patient and earnest study of Christian Science, that a dominant asset to the seeker after Truth is gladness, a gladness which the most alluring earthly pleasures can never bestow.
The beliefs of Pastor—are so fundamentally different from Christian Science that he could hardly be expected to speak of it accurately, but his sermon on this subject which you published recently, was not fair even to himself, for it put him in the position of speaking in an oracular manner without insight or appreciation.
There does not seem to be any reason to suppose the President was thinking of Christian Science when, in a recent address, he referred to the business situation as a state of mind.
It
is well sometimes, when to human sense a storm of discord is raging and the troubled waters threaten to engulf everything in one tremendous tidal wave, to give ourselves pause long enough to remember that God still commands the winds and the waves, and that the "Peace, be still," of the Master was meant for the comfort and solace of anxious hearts in all times and places.
No forest monarch figures more prominently, perhaps, in Scripture than the fir-tree, and all wood-lovers will recognize how fittingly it stands for true greatness, for the union of strength and sweetness.
In the spring of 1912, my answer to an inquiry as to when I was going to send in my testimony was that I would wait till the attacks, caused according to the verdict of medical doctors by a clot on the brain, had stayed away at least a year.
For a long time I have felt that as I receive so much benefit from the testimonies of others, I should also give my experience of what Christian Science has done for me.
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