Watching
a group of airplanes, a student of Christian Science found herself analyzing these fleet birds of the air; and as she puzzled over what they might represent, it became evident to her that uplifted thought, soaring above the earth-bound forms of limited transportation, was the nucleus of the invention that to-day thrills the world and is so rapidly helping to eliminate time and distance.
Cut
into the stone below the cornice of a beautiful public building, situated in one of our large cities, is the inscription, "Obedience To Law Is Liberty.
Since
the time Jesus made that solemn confession of faith before Pilate, "To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth," and Pilate helplessly confronted him with the query, "What is truth?
The
Christian Science Sunday School! What a wealth of opportunity it holds! Here, until they reach the age of twenty, the little ones and the young people are "taught the Scriptures" and "instructed according to their understanding or ability to grasp the simpler meanings of the divine Principle that they are taught".
Ralph W. Still, Committee on Publication for the State of Texas,
It will be recalled that when John the Baptist sent two of his disciples to inquire as to the Messiahship of the Master, Jesus pointed to the healing that was accomplished through his ministry, confident that those works would suffice to confirm the verity of his divine mission and sonship.
Great
God of justice, love, and power,Whose presence fills the constant hour,The birthright of each child of Thine,Reflecting true the Mind divine,Is that each conscious moment beReplete with joyful harmony.
In
the earlier days of our movement it was no uncommon thing for those joining a branch church to make application at the same time for membership in The Mother Church.
As
Moses got the Ten Commandments, the one against graven images was accompanied by a reason for it: "for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments".
In the ten years before Christian Science came into my life, I was traveling a dark and dreary road, making the mistake of believing, as do so many young men, that philandering was perfectly natural and normal, and, as a result, I was reaping the pain and disillusion attached to such a belief.
I took up the study of Christian Science, not for physical healing, but from the desire to be freed from discord, inharmony, and unhappiness in my home, and to help another.
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