In
an old fairy tale the story was told about the mother of the family going to town and leaving the children alone to keep house ! Always she told them never to open the door to any stranger while she was away, and always the children replied that they would keep the door tightly shut.
One
who is privileged to serve in the capacity of substitute Sunday school teacher needs constantly to abide at the gate "Beautiful," a state of thought meaning, according to one authority, "opportune, ripe, fit.
When
the heart is lifted in praise to God after some demonstration of the truth as revealed by Christian Science, spiritual vision is acute, and objects of true creation which before were unseen may become visible to spiritual sense.
In
several instances in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, points to the detrimental side of conservatism.
Although
fear and pessimism may argue to the contrary, as Christian Scientists we are persuaded that the action of The Christian Science Board of Directors in undertaking to build a new Publishing House at this time is both wise and timely; and we are grateful for the courage and alertness that prompted this call to justify our faith in God as the source of supply.
As a happy sign that Christian Science is being taken more seriously in some medical quarters, I may mention the fact that the medical club of the Netherlands Christian Students' Union, section Leyden, invited your committee to give an exposition of the nature of Christian Science and its attitude towards the medical world.
