Article August 8, 1936 Issue

Lifelikeness

DOROTHY DESMOND

One morning a young girl boarded a street car. She was obviously brimming over with joy and good spirits. Several, whose faces turned that way, smiled to themselves, enjoying the innocent gaiety and liveliness which she portrayed.

This circumstance brought to mind a statement of Mrs. Eddy's in "Miscellaneous Writings" (p. 117), where she writes, "I agree with Rev. Dr. Talmage, that 'there are wit, humor, and enduring vivacity among God's people.'" And she precedes this with an important statement: "We always know where to look for the real Scientist, and always find him there."

How much do students of Christian Science claim these valuable characteristics? Since they indicate wisdom, perception, joyousness, in other words, Lifelikeness, they must typify qualities of Mind, and therefore of man; and since they bring into human intercourse the keenness and brightness of intelligence, they must be worth claiming.

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