Sooner
or later, for each one of us, all other considerations as a basis of action must make way for us to follow our Master in his acknowledgment of God's omnipotence, as he prayed, "Not my will, but thine, be done.
Most
of us can bear witness from actual experience to the general belief in the error so tersely expressed by Pope in the words, "Man never is, but always to be blest.
Because
of the commonly accepted meaning of the word save, humanity has become accustomed to believe in the possibility of an experience of so-called loss.
When
one gains, through the study of Christian Science, ever so slight a knowledge of divine metaphysics, he knows that it is impossible to blame any one but the false sense of self for what seems to be wrong, because all that he is conscious of is the externalization of his own thought.
Thousands
have turned to Christian Science with the hope of being healed of some specific inharmony; many have come for physical healing after all material means have failed; others have sought refuge from some seemingly crushing sorrow or from a paralyzing fear; and still others have come seeking freedom from the fetters of some beseting sin.
In
studying Christian Science we learn that all is Mind and its self-expression, or idea; and that this is one—one infinitude; therefore there is but one infinite Mind and its infinite idea.
Often
in talking with those who have a misconceived sense of Christian Science rather than an understanding of it, the remark is heard, "I believe in the power of mind over matter, just as you do.
