Article September 24, 1932 Issue

Thoughts on the Lesson-Sermon

EMMA EASTON NEWMAN

THERE are in many parts of the world and in many walks of human life sincere students of Christian Science who, at the beginning of each week, turn a page of the Christian Science Quarterly to begin with eager anticipation the study of the new Lesson-Sermon. Truly a new Lesson it is, for it is safe to say that never before has exactly the same combination of references been grouped together.

The changes on a chime of bells may be rung many times without duplication. From this it is readily seen that with the vast number of available references from the Bible and from "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy the twenty-six subjects which our Leader was divinely inspired to select for unfoldment in the LessonSermons can be developed in ways quite beyond our ability to compute. The consecrated workers whose part it is to labor selflessly to assemble the references composing these Lessons are able to make use of many verses in the Bible the spiritual meaning of which, even a few years ago, may have been veiled to many of us.

Each week the new Lesson is like a vista opening to the mountain climber who rounds a bend in the trail. He may exclaim, This view is the fairest I have yet seen! And the highway of Truth is open to everyone who desires to ascend from the valley of material sense to "a city that is set on an hill." As we ponder each section and get its message, are we not, figuratively speaking, marching mentally shoulder to shoulder like soldiers enlisted in a mighty army whose strength lies in unity of thought with divine Mind, outside the realm of personal sense? Political, racial, social, and sectional differences and distinctions cannot disrupt the unity of purpose which motivates the students of the LessonSermons, established by our Leader, for no errors are to be found in this truly "secret place of the most High," this spiritual highway of ascending thoughts.

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