The
cry goes out from the hearts of a great multitude, "If only I could understand!" As one business man expressed it recently, While civilization has given us much, and we are living in a so-called advanced age, yet sometimes it would seem that the ancients knew more than we know.
The
term "intelligence," it is generally assumed, refers to the possession by an individual of certain mental qualities that enable him to accomplish things not otherwise possible.
In
that wonderful Bible story from the seventeenth chapter of I Kings, we read of the widow who, in a time of famine, was planning to prepare her last bit of food for herself and her son that they might "eat it, and die," as she said to Elijah, who then asked her to make him "a little cake first.
In
the account given in Acts of the healing of "a certain man lame from his mother's womb," students of Christian Science find inspiration and guidance in the pursuit of their daily mental work.
From a radio reply by Newton T. Burdick, Committee on Publication for British Columbia,
A short time ago a minister of the gospel radiocast a sermon in which he quoted from the textbook of Christian Science, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, and then read a number of Bible passages in support of his contention that Christian Science was of the devil.
My
heart beats high with thankfulnessFor many a dear eventThe world counts just as little things;But, ah, how they have meantGreat store for one who learns to blessTheir meaning and their preciousness —
This column has selected a few interesting messages from the incoming letters handled one morning, during the last days of the year 1935, in the executive offices of The Christian Science Board of Directors.
Christian Science was brought to me at a time when I was suffering from great physical and mental despondency, and since then, as the result of its study and application, my whole life has been changed and regenerated.
I praise
Thee, God, for all Thy tender care,For freedom from the tempter's subtle snare,For health and peace 'midst error's fearful night—And consciousness of Thy unfailing might.
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