Political
thought, commonly supposed to be divorced from metaphysics, has recently shown a tendency to realize that every step forward in human progress must of necessity be worked out inch by inch as the way unfolds, and such progress will not take place unless the preliminary work has been done strictly in accordance with Principle.
When
Moses, searching for the definition of God which would give most authority to his message to the children of Israel, turned to Mind, the answer came: "And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
It
will be remembered that when the mission of Moses was about to commence, he sought to fortify himself in authority by asking the question, "Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name?
That
the ministry of Jesus was one of steadily increasing compassion, affection, and love is acknowledged; the world, however, has given but spasmodic heed to the example he left for it to follow and has thereby missed the full import of his "new commandment": "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
The
opening words of Shakespeare's "Richard III" have an especially happy meaning to the student of Christian Science who is realizing what true progress is.
A number of years ago, while I was still a schoolgirl in Switzerland, a dear member of the family spoke to me about God in a way I had never heard before and which met a deep longing of my heart.
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