Editor's note: "The wise builders will build on the stone at the head of the corner; and so Christian Science, the little leaven hid in three measures of meal,—ethics, medicine, and religion,—is rapidly fermenting, and enlightening the world with the glory of untrammelled truth".
My prayers often did not seem to be answered, and I felt afraid of being lost and losing good. That afternoon I faced that fear. Was I lost? No. Were God and His goodness still here? Of course.
Turning to gambling as a means of gain necessarily involves a turning away from the only provider, the one true substance, God. Looked at frankly, gambling, or chance-taking, is a form of idolatry.
I think that you will be interested to know that I am one of those who came into Christian Science as a result of listening to the shortwave broadcasts of the Christian Science Sentinel, The Herald of Christian Science, and the Sunday service from The Mother Church.
I once thought the term self-knowledge just meant making the effort to know my true, Godlike self. But then I realized it must mean taking a hard look at what I'm currently manifesting, good or bad, in terms of qualities of thought, attitudes, and morals.
