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The Disciples and the Multitude
The Master's disciples were comparatively few in number Jesus chose them because of their receptivity to his teachings; but the multitudes were attracted more by his healing power and the benefits which it brought to them. In John's Gospel it is recorded that "a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased." On one occasion Jesus said to the Jews which believed him, "If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed, and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." What distinguished the disciples from others was their greater consecration to his teachings, which enabled them to reflect more consistently the qualities which Jesus himself reflected, and through this understanding to heal the sick and sinning, as he taught them to do.
In the account of the feeding of the four thousand, as given in the fifteenth chapter of Matthew, we read, "And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude." Well might each one today ask himself, Am I seeking Christian Science for the material benefits which I may receive, or is my object to attain a higher spiritual understanding of Christ, Truth? Am I seeking only the loaves and fishes, or am I striving to receive the Christ in my own thinking and living? Am I reflecting in my daily life the qualities which show forth man's oneness with God?

September 30, 1939 issue
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"Yet was not the net broken"
ISRAEL PICKENS
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No Personal Condemnation
ALICE CORTRIGHT
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Communicating Good
TERESE ROSE NAGEL
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A Lesson from Nature
NOEL M. RUST
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The Disciples and the Multitude
NORA P. DARLING
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Holy Ground
ELSE L. A. BUCHENBERGER
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Competition
EMMA EASTON NEWMAN
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Man's Heritage
ELIZABETH B. CATE
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In a recent issue there appeared an article which implied...
Stanley Sheen, Committee on Publication for Yorkshire, England,
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In a recent issue of Lofotposten, a certain pastor has an...
Nils A. T. Lerche, Committee on Publication for Norway,
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With regret we learn that a minister of the gospel, speaking...
Corrective remarks made over Station WATL, Atlanta, on behalf of J. Palmer Snelling, Committee on Publication for Georgia
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In a recent issue of your paper, Christian Scientists are...
Frank T. Norman, Committee on Publication for Dunbartonshire, Scotland,
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I would esteem it a favor if you would allow me space in...
Harold Knight Cheesman, Committee on Publication for Argentina, South America,
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Lecture Announcement
The Christian Science Board of Directors
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The Corrective for Fear
Duncan Sinclair
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Satisfaction
George Shaw Cook
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The Lectures
with contributions from John Henry Weer, Anna Doughty, Thomas E. Hurley, W. Keith Dickinson, Lucia C. Coulson, Hilde Koch, John M. Tutt, Minnie Lee Fisher
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I wish to give grateful thanks for the priceless benefits...
Janetta W. M. Buchan
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In deep reverence to God, divine Principle, and to Christ Jesus...
Charles Eugene Smith
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My gratitude for Christian Science could never be expressed...
Jane Gano Roeber
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Mrs. Eddy, our revered Leader, has said on page 254 of...
Vela E. Brown with contributions from Anne S. Towner
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I am very grateful to have had the opportunity of...
James D. Gilmore with contributions from Laura C. Gilmore
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It is in the spirit of deep humility that I submit this...
Geraldine E. Weideman
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For some time I had been having difficulty with one ear...
Beatrice Ziegler
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Confidence
ALICE L. SMITH
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Hugh Martin, Henry Darlington
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
with contributions from Hudson C. Burr