Like
many other passages from the Scriptures, these words of Jesus, "What I say unto you I say unto all, Watch," had little significance to me, as applied to the every-day problems of life, until I studied Christian Science.
Perhaps
in no one thing is the line of demarcation between Christian Science and other religious teaching more clearly shown than in this, that in Christian Science understanding takes the place of blind belief, and the intelligent working out of one's salvation supersedes groping and helpless hope.
The
ancient Italian city of Ravenna, situated some miles from the Adriatic sea, was protected from invasion by a long stretch of shallow water, through which a channel was marked by posts projecting above the surface.
A large majority of the members of the Christian Science church have come to it on account of having received many benefits, and they are always willing to testify to the regeneration that has taken place in their lives through its practice and teaching.
That Christian Science is a wholesome doctrine can be attested to by thousands upon thousands upon whom the door of hope had been closed, and before whom the open grave had yawned.
