In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

Errors in Translation

To the Editor of the Herald.
We all understand the ideal man in proportion as we gain a true knowledge of God, of whom he is image.

"Tempted in all points"

We read that Jesus, though "in all points tempted like as we are," was "without," or "apart from sin.

A Sure Defence

Error in any guise may try to frighten, but it can never make us offenders unless the thing suggested find some response in us.

The Song of a Bird

Early one morning, as I was passing through the garden, the shrill, sweet notes of a brown thrush attracted my attention, as he sang in the walnut tree.

Peace

Perhaps no one word is more expressive of that for which the whole world is seeking, consciously or unconsciously, than is the one little word peace, which is just the opposite of all the strife, turmoil, and discord of material sense, the opposite of discontent and dissatisfaction, of disease and fear, of envy, jealousy, and hatred.

Love's Gifts

Paul said, in speaking to the elders of the church at Ephesus, "Ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Freely Give

On no occasion has the loyal, active Christian Scientist better opportunity to reveal the dominant thought of Christianity— selfless love—than at the Wednesday evening meetings.

The Right Concept

Principle is variously defined as "That from which anything proceeds: a source or origin.

The Burning Bush

As each week the Spirit of truth, through our wonderful Lesson-Sermons, unfolds the beauties as well as the power of the Scripture to heal, illumine, and bless humanity; as through the interpretations of our text book the "hidden mysteries" are explained and the Word demonstrated in the healing of sin and disease, we realize more and more that the prophetic hour in its fulfilment has arrived, "and they shall all be taught of God.

From our Exchanges

The moral consciousness of the world lies fallow for the call of one who shall be so filled with the power of the Spirit that he shall be completely indifferent to that whole mass of stuff which criticism is discrediting, and who shall dare to make his appeal to the moral idealism of mankind independent of verbiage.
The dilettante may assure himself he knows all about Christian Science, even that he knows more about how the work is done than the Christian Scientist himself, but really no one is competent to say what constitutes Christian Science healing unless he has actually demonstrated the rules laid done in the Christian Science text-book.