There
are many sentences in the Bible which seem so clear in their statements, so unmistakable in their meaning, and which are so illustrated in our familiar experiences, that there can be but one thought as to the lesson we are to learn from them, and such a sentence is this from Galatians, "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
How can I let the months pass by while my life is so filled with the blessings that have come to me through Christian Science, and not make some acknowledgement of it?
The objections which a reverend critic maintains against Christian Science seem to be based upon its departure from the teachings of the established schools of theology.
That the old-fashioned "Now I lay me" is no longer universally approved is shown in the following press dispatch which recently appeared in several daily papers.
As we understand the office of the Christian ministry, it is to teach by example and precept the highest spiritual import of the Bible, to promulgate, elucidate, and make practical the teachings of Jesus Christ; and he who falls short of this defaults in his holy mission.
What the Nebraska legislature proposes to do is not entirely clear, but the dispatches say that a bill has been reported from the committee of the whole which provides that "it shall be unlawful for any person to attempt to cure mental or physical ailments, real or imaginary, for pay, without first obtaining a license to practise the healing art from the state board of health.
Some
five years ago, adrift amidst angry waves of illness and despair, I was toiling at the oars when, in the teaching of Christian Science, Christ came walking upon the sea and there was a great calm.
The
human heart longs for ease, for present comfort of the flesh, saying within itself, that this world were quite heaven enough, could its promises be kept and its joys be made permanent.
