On
page 326 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy makes this statement of profound significance: "Working and praying with true motives, your Father will open the way.
How
many lessons one can learn from a garden, or, if one has no garden, from a walk through a park or a wood, or from driving along a country road! Christ Jesus used the simple, everyday things around him to illustrate the great spiritual truths he gave for our guidance in working out the problem of true being.
The
wilderness journeyings of the children of Israel may be compared to the experiences of all mankind; and this Bible story, studied in the light of the writings of Mary Baker Eddy, proves the comparison to be a fitting one.
In
the material realm, generally speaking, there appear to be three classes of individuals: those who work for a living, those who feel they do not have to work, and those who seem unable to find profitable occupation.
with contributions from Henrietta Heron, Charles Stelzle, F.S., H. Householder
[Henrietta Heron in the Christian Standard, as quoted in the Religious Digest, Grand Rapids, Michigan, under heading, "I Visit a Christian Science Prayer Meeting"]
