A study
of the life of Joseph as given in the last fourteen chapters of Genesis, in which is described his marvelous protection during trials of the most severe nature, together with correlative references on the subject of divine protection as found in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" and other writings by Mrs.
When
Jesus commanded the disciples to cast their net on the right side, he certainly did not imply that an abundance of fish would necessarily be found on the opposite side of the dory; in fact, his meaning was far from that.
The
one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, is a fitting occasion for Christian Scientists, and the world in general, to consider anew what this century of spiritual achievement has meant to humanity.
When
one is endeavoring to become a Christian Scientist worthy the name, it soon becomes apparent that each thought must be carefully weighed, and although this process may presently become so natural that it is accomplished in many instances without conscious effort, still each day affords opportunity to use the knowledge already attained, and compels the student to gain more if he would solve the advanced problems in the right way.
In
medical schools one often hears the saying: "Prevention is better than cure," and many preventive material remedies are being invented and used against certain disease germs.
The
story of the healing of blind Bartimæus recorded in the gospel of Mark cannot fail to interest the student of Christian Science to-day, for it illustrates the mental qualities that helped Bartimæus to overcome the difficulties that beset him when he appealed to Jesus for healing.
While
it is true that there is direction in the Bible which if used or applied will solve every human problem, yet we have no record in modern times where any individual was able to apply the Bible teachings to his problems with sufficient thoroughness to enable him to formulate a method whereby any one might demonstrate the truth, until Mrs.
Unless
human relationships pattern the divine, they are wholly mortal and temporal, as opposed to the immortal, eternal substance of that spiritual relationship, or unity, which exists between God and His idea, man, this spiritual relationship being the standard by which to judge the soundness of the relations between individuals.