Until
such time as humanity understands more of the eternality of Truth, Life, and Love, its belief in a "future" had best be utilized for the expectation of good, rather than spent in dread of what that unknown future may bring and take away.
When
mankind realizes that all its needs are primarily mental, it will no longer offer any opposition to the metaphysical teaching of Christian Science.
While healing is not by any means the main purpose of Christian Science, it is demonstrating that it is possible to heal the sick today in the same manner as the sick were healed by Jesus and his immediate followers.
One
afternoon we had gone out to a cozy corner in the glassed-in veranda of our winter home, for our accustomed hour with the Journal and Sentinel, when attention was at once attracted to a fluttering little something,—a small wonder of color and daintiness, gleaming in spots like burnished metal, and beating the airiest of wings against the panes in a futile effort to escape.
The
question must often present itself to the thought of Christian Scientists, and is not infrequently voiced, "What am I doing, or what might I do, to widen the sphere of usefulness of The Christian Science Monitor?
There
are many students of Christian Science who for various reasons are not privileged to attend the church services which others find to be such a source of uplift and encouragement.