Article December 26, 1936 Issue

"A Rule for Motives and Acts"

IDA M. SCOTT

At the beginning of a new year many worth-while resolutions are made—only to be broken, unfortunately, as time goes on. Men often lack the courage and stability to hold firmly to a noble resolve or to overcome their erroneous impulses. St. Paul understood this when he wrote in his epistle to the Romans, "The good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do."

On page 186 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy has written, "If mortal mind knew how to be better, it would be better." With the enlightenment that Christian Science has brought to this age, many are learning how to be better, learning how to apply in their individual lives the teachings of the Master. Love was the impelling motive underlying all Christ Jesus' words and works. Lovingly and patiently he taught mankind, by precept and example, the truth that leads all who will accept it to a new state of consciousness, "a new heaven and a new earth," wherein error—sickness, limitation, strife, and bondage—is unknown, and the glory of God is made manifest.

A certain experience has been helpful to one student of Christian Science. Many blessings had come to her, through the study and application of the rules of Christian Science, for which she was deeply grateful. Then there came a period when she seemed to be making little or no progress, and discouragement entered her thought.

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