Article September 29, 1956 Issue

"THE PURE IN HEART"

RUBY W. EAST

"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God" (Matt. 5:8). These words of Jesus, spoken in his Sermon on the Mount, are today being proved true by thousands all over the world.

Blessed indeed are those willing to purify the heart through the study and practice of Christian Science, thus following the teachings of our great Master. One unacquainted with the blessedness which is the reward of this study and practice might well ask: "How does one set about attaining purity of heart? How is one to see God?"

In every Christian Science Reading Room are to be found copies of the Bible and complete sets of the works of Mary Baker Eddy. Here there are also Concordances to these books. With these aids, all are privileged to search the Scriptures and learn individually how to prove the sacred truth contained in the Master's words, "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God." In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy gives this definition of the word "heart" (p. 587): "Mortal feelings, motives, affections, joys, and sorrows." Does not this definition imply by inversion the true meaning of the Master's words and clearly indicate where the purification must take place?

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