The
great prayer which Jesus left the world should prove a constant source of help and inspiration; but unless people are on guard the words of the Lord's Prayer come trippingly on the tongue and the mechanically repeated phrases offer mortal mind an opportunity to wander and stray into many fields of thought.
When
Christ Jesus said, "Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven," he gave utterance to a metaphysical law the meaning of which, however much it may have been understood by the spiritually illumined who heard him, had certainly been hidden from the world for centuries until Christian Science again brought it to light.
No
one can view the disturbed condition of the world to-day and recognize its hidden cause, without realizing that the remedy must come from a higher than human source.
How
often one is tempted, as a beginner in Christian Science, when asked for help, to be afraid that one's understanding is not sufficient, and to say, "I know so little; what can I do?
He
who accepts the teaching of Scripture that God is the Alpha and Omega of being, the only cause and creator, is prepared to accept the logic and naturalness of the Master's statement that to know God is eternal life.
Woodrow Wilson
with contributions from Bainbridge Colby
The
season approaches when it behooves us to turn from the distractions and preoccupations of our daily life that we may contemplate the mercies which have been vouchsafed to us and render heartfelt and unfeigned thanks unto God for His manifold goodness.