When
Moses declared unto the children of Israel, "Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God," he gave a message which is helpful and inspiring to all students of Christian Science.
Certain
reports in the newspapers of the day make it seem that the world contains many useless individuals, who are of no benefit to human society and therefore are a severe drain upon it.
"The
natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
When
the student of Christian Science contemplates the news of today, with its accounts of the enforced subservience of whole peoples to despotic power, he gratefully realizes that all who understandingly look to God are enabled to prove their citizenship in the kingdom of heaven and their God-given dominion.
Young
people in schools and colleges often have much to to with competitive sports, and to them, if they are Christian Scientists, there comes the need to understand what success in athletic contests really is.
Benson Tatham Woodhead, Committee on Publication for Lancashire, England,
In his "Notebook" in your last issue, "Wayfarer," reporting a sermon, quotes the speaker as describing Christian Science as a cult which is seeking to do away with pain.
It
is deeply interesting and instructive, in the study of the New Testament, to note the stress which is laid upon love by Christ Jesus and the apostles.
I should like to relate an experience which shows God's tender care and protection for all who put their trust in Him and are trying to follow His guidance.
I wish to express my deep gratitude to God and to our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, for the healing and saving power of the Christ, Truth, as revealed to us in Christian Science.
How
blest to know that, as a lovely flowerSprings to fulfillment with each passing day,God's purpose is unfolding hour by hour,Embracing me within its gentle sway.
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