Article June 16, 1917 Issue

"Let the nations be glad and sing for joy"

DAISETTE D. S. MC KENZIE

Within the last few weeks the great curtain of the world's stage has risen upon a scene so thrilling that it may be said to have few rivals in history. Perhaps no people as a class are more grateful than are Christian Scientists to behold its enactment, because they feel and know its spiritual promise for mankind.

At last the two great English speaking peoples of the earth stand heart to heart and hand in hand. In her prophetic poem entitled "The United States to Great Britain" (Poems, p. 10), Mrs. Eddy has spoken of this union as the bridal "betokened from above." It is the beginning of the federation of the world, the opening chord of an unending symphony. No earnest man or woman can read with undimmed eyes the record of the deeply impressive service held in the historic St. Paul's Cathedral in London, when England solemnized this union of hearts. The official heads of the nation and a vast concourse of her people, with representatives from many other countries, filled the cathedral to its farthest recesses. The singing of the hymns by thousands of voices, supported by the choir, by the great organ, by trumpets and drums, and filled with the spirit of the hour, was said to be unforgettable.

The hymn which begins,—

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