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Wait Patiently on the Lord
In her book "Retrospection and Introspection" Mrs. Eddy gives this loving admonition (p. 79): "Be temperate in thought, word, and deed. Meekness and temperance are the jewels of Love, set in wisdom. Restrain untempered zeal. 'Learn to labor and to wait.' Of old the children of Israel were saved by patient waiting." In our prayerful longing for the solution to some problem, the subtle suggestion may creep in that we must look far into the future for the results of our efforts and our labor. The thought may come that we must wait for some time rather than expect an immediate answer to our prayer.
To be patient does not necessarily imply waiting a given length of time, for the word "patient" has also a much higher significance. A close analysis of the command to "wait patiently" reveals something quite beyond our first interpretation, and the right application of this admonition lifts the burden of delayed healing in regard to health, business, or family relations. Christian Science shows that we need to wait upon God, but in a manner very different from that which our preconceived notion might suggest. Among the definitions of the word "wait" are "serve" and "be expectant of." How better can we seek the kingdom of God than by waiting on Him or, in other words, serving Him with the expectancy of receiving the good that is ours by divine right? Jesus never wavered in this expectancy. Even before the result was apparent to those looking on, he knew, with absolute certainty, that good is ever present. Then in this new light how can we best serve God? By filling our consciousness so full of Truth, Life, and Love that no suggestions of evil, disease, or death can enter. Thus we see that to wait on God is to serve Him.
If we would give to an overburdened world the proof or evidence of our faith, we must serve God in no uncertain manner. If we are facing a problem, let us so confidently wait upon Him by reflecting His qualities that those looking for proofs of the efficacy of our religion actually see the dispelling of that which is unlike good in our experience. If in the small or great tasks presenting themselves to us we serve our Father-Mother God with thanksgiving, we find that the healing is as instantaneous as the realization of the truth.
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October 26, 1935 issue
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"Divine adventure"
EMMA EASTON NEWMAN
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Christian Science—Primitive Christianity
PAUL GASSNER
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Wait Patiently on the Lord
JANE DILLON
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Finding Continuous Employment
JESSIE ELIZABETH RENDELL
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Overcoming Carnal Beliefs
GRACE M. BOND
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Are We Erroneously Striving for a Perfect Counterfeit?
MELODILE G. HATHAWAY
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Branch Church Individuality
MABEL REED HYZER
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Right Standard of Activity
DAVID HELLYER
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I Thank Thee!
MARY ANN WILLIAMS
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In his reply to a correspondent in your November 16 issue...
Francis Lyster Jandron, former Committee on Publication for the State of Michigan,
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In your today's issue a clergyman, referring to the recently...
Leslie Burn Andreae, Committee on Publication for Norfolk, England,
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In his letter referring to the apathy of the churches...
C. Shelton Agar, Committee on Publication for Natal, South Africa,
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A Prayer for Our Sons and Daughters
ROSA M. TURNER
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Divine Love
Duncan Sinclair
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Infinite Presence
Violet Ker Seymer
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With the most heartfelt gratitude for the many blessings...
Violet A. Still
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When the World War broke out I had just finished my...
Anna Luise Beyer
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The writer is just one more of those thousands who stand...
Charles R. Cole
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One of the requirements of Christian Science is obedience
Dorothea A. Reymers
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I desire to express my gratitude for the Science of Christianity,...
Joseph E. Baker with contributions from Constance Annie Baker
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About twenty-three years ago, at the invitation of a member...
Elsie Marie Wood
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I am very grateful to have learned through Christian Science...
Elisabeth W. Johnson
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Seven years before I became a student of Christian Science...
Iva B. Linebarger with contributions from John A. Linebarger
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Our God Is Love
ADA E. DESLER
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Thomas Dreier, Sydney E. Lowe, Frank M. Selover, Curtis C. Stephan, J. Whitcomb Brougher, Canon E. A. Seymour Scott