Students
of Christian Science who are uniting with a branch church occasionally express perplexity over the question sometimes asked by committees interviewing new members: "How do you defend yourself daily against aggressive mental suggestion?
Once
there was a college professor who knew a great deal about many things which people learn in schools, but almost nothing about loving his neighbor.
An
effective way to silence every suggestion that would tempt us to halt a good work and descend to the level of doubt and fear is found in Nehemiah's attitude toward his adversaries.