We gradually come to understand, as life advances, that happiness and misery—all the phases of existence, in fact—are states, conditions, attributes of mind; and from this point of view a "better world" is of less importance.
W. D. McCRACKAN
with contributions from S. E. SIMONSEN
A great multitude of earnest and intelligent people here and abroad already know that Christian Science has meant "life and health" to them in times of crisis when other means have failed.
One
afternoon some time ago a very heart-broken little girl came home and said between her sobs, "Mamma, the children have sent me home, they say they wont play with me, and Margaret says she hates me.
Through
the kindly ministrations of Christian Science, my wife has been brought back to health and strength and a peace of thought that "surpasseth understanding," thanks not to the suggestion of any personality, but to the fact that all other means had been tried in vain and found wanting.
Perhaps no religious movement of later years has enjoyed the substantial progress and loyalty of its adherents to the extent that Christian Science has, and in spite of the obstacles placed in its path by those who have wilfully or ignorantly misunderstood its purpose, it has gathered strength with each year and now presents a growth in numbers which arouses the interest of all.
The
mathematical unit,—one,—upon which the decimal scale, and from that, the whole system of mathematics is constructed, is presented first to the thought of the child as "one apple," "one block.
It
is always interesting and gratifying to Christian Scientists to observe any movement in the advance of human consciousness toward the recognition of true Science.
In
Christian Science it is absolutely necessary to distinguish the wrong from the right and to know that there is no middle ground to occupy; that a thing is either right or wrong, and that we must at all times be on the side of right to work out our problems successfully.
