Those
who come into Christian Science find themselves regarding all things from a changed viewpoint; for them old things have indeed "passed away," and often they are led to pause and ask how they shall most consistently fulfil their obligations, as followers of Christ Jesus, when the problem of poverty confronts them.
It
is a pitiful thing to be sick even when there is promise of speedy recovery, but when conventional authority has rendered its decision, and the solemn sentence of "Incurability" has been pronounced, then indeed does mortal experience become a tragedy whose presiding genius is despair.
The
husbandman may rejoice in the prophecy of the fresh young grain, even though his profit is not yet negotiable, but he cannot plan and provide on an assured basis, until the well filled shocks stand at "attention" in their impressive autumnal parade; then he is prepared to remove all doubt as to the wisdom and success of his labor.
It
has never been denied that faith in God is an essential element of the higher nature, and yet few have had clear views as to how it is to be brought into realization and applied in the varied problems of human experience.
The
account of Jesus' feeding of the five thousand, as given in the four gospels, may well remind us of the angel's declaration to Mary, "With God nothing shall be impossible.
We
occasionally find persons who try to justify the doing of evil upon the plea that good has resulted from it, or will result from it; but this is an impossibility.