"Of Christlike touch"

Ask God to give thee skill
In comfort's art:
That thou may'st consecrated be
And set apart
Unto a life of sympathy.
For heavy is the weight of ill
In every heart;
And comforters are needed much
Of Christlike touch.

These verses by A. E. Hamilton are quoted by Mrs. Eddy at the close of her Retrospection and Introspection. In this; book she says, "I am persuaded that only by the modesty and distinguishing affection illustrated in Jesus' career, can Christian Scientists aid the establishment of Christ's kingdom on the earth." Ret., p. 94;

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