Article June 23, 1945 Issue

"They answer with rejoicing"

H. PHELPS GATES

With the complete and final revelation of absolute Christian Science fully available in the writings of our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, why do we need and what is the purpose of the Christian Science periodicals?

One student, hard pressed by accumulated daily duties and by the subtle argument of "not enough time for everything," found the answer in an unexpected way. Because he barely had time for his daily study of the Lesson-Sermon, and his periodicals were piling up, unopened and unread, he yielded to the argument and asked that his periodicals be discontinued for a short time, at least until he could catch up with his reading. Then, with a false sense of relief for what he had done, he settled back into his routine, content with the thought that he would now have much more time for daily study.

Very soon, however, he found that instead of having more opportunity for daily study, he actually had less or none at all. By yielding to the "not enough time" argument in the first instance, which had deprived him of his periodicals, he was having to yield to it in the second as well, and now it was gradually depriving him of his daily study of the Lesson-Sermon and of other blessings. The same argument began to be reflected in bis business experience to the point of considerable mental confusion. In turn, a series of physical problems also began to interfere with his daily routine.

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