In
order to keep their lecture work from becoming stereotyped or a matter of routine the members of a certain branch church on one occasion found it helpful to consider lecture giving from three standpoints: what the church members give to the lecture, what the lecture gives to the church activity, and what the lecture gives to the community.
H. Clay Parker, Committee on Publication for the State of Arizona,
Christian Scientists believe that the master Christian made a true and potent statement when he said, "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also.
The words of wisdom Jesus spoke two thousand years ago have rung down the centuries to reach us, and are none the less true now as then: "Unless ye become as little children ye cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.
How important is the first step—to have a firm conviction that good is the eternal, divine reality! We cannot proceed very far until we are certain that the good we pray for really exists.
During
a period when the mental horizon of a student of Christian Science appeared cloud-filled, the following loved lines from a hymn offered sweet peace and promise:
To
write for our periodicals is the joyous privilege of all who feel they have a vital message of Truth to impart, and an accompanying sense of the gladness and certainty of spiritual vision.
