When
standing at the tomb of Lazarus, surrounded by sorrowing friends, faced by what to mortal sense was a hopeless situation, Jesus said: "Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
How
seldom, before we know the truth as taught in Christian Science, do we lift our eyes above the weariness of material belief in sin, sorrow, sickness, and death! This fact was very clearly illustrated to a student of Christian Science who was just learning to take the first faltering steps out of the wilderness of doubt and apparent darkness, toward the glorious light that comes with a true understanding of God and of man in His image.
In
the ceremony which soldiers carry out when mounting guard, the casual observer may see nothing more than a mere spectacle, consisting of a series of drill movements which, however impressive, appear to him rather complicated, and possibly meaningless.
