This
question, which was asked by Jesus when two of John's disciples came to him, might be repeated to-day when so many are leaving their homes and occupations, duty and pleasure alike, in quest of the change supposed to be desirable at this season of the year.
The
manifestations of Truth, taken as a whole, beget a concept of law, the unfoldment of which measures our advance in spirituality, for the full meaning of Spirit's supremacy is revealed to us only as we demonstrate the control of right thought,—the Christ within,—over every detail of daily life.
Fundamentally
, all government must be based upon the desire of the governed for the common good, and with this in view, there is prompt and cheerful acquiescence in the laws and rules which have been found necessary to insure the orderly and dignified progress of nations.
An
essential postulate of Christian Science is that it involves the healing of the sick as well as the reforming of the sinner,—that the teachings of Jesus contemplated deliverance from both sickness and sin; and it is because Christian Scientists believe that salvation from both sin and sickness are equally possible at this time through the teachings of our Master, that they are pronounced unwise and impracticable.
Few
human impulses are more alive to opportunity than that which leads us to dispense to others the counsel or rebuke which is peculiarly fitted to our own needs.
