A vast deal of interest has been aroused throughout the country recently over the affairs of a noted woman, who, merely because of the fact that she holds views not shared by the majority, and because in the course of a long and useful life she has managed to accumulate a considerable amount of property, from the care of which she has recently chosen to divest herself, has been alleged to be mentally incompetent; and relatives have sought and are now seeking, through the aid of the courts, to embitter her declining years by having her pronounced insane.
It is a demand of Christian Science that we "work out" our own salvation, and when our work is well done we are rich in mercy, gentleness, peace, honesty, and spiritual plenty.
When
I first began to tell others in England of the discovery of Christian Science and of its achievements, I found in some quarters as much opposition to America and her institutions as I did towards Christian Science.
We
are learning as we progress spiritward what a wonderful statement is that of Christ Jesus in the concluding words of the Lord's Prayer, "Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.
The
tendency of human thought is to leap to the realization of its ideal without reckoning the countless stages of progress which must lead it thereto.
