In
spite of the tendency towards the pursuit of material knowledge, evinced by most of the writers on the subject of evolution, the ethical element is ever seeking notice from those who really desire to find something which will prove that Mind underlies the processes of nature.
The
following published extract from a sermon by President Angell at the University of Michigan, so emphasizes the need for prayer, and places it upon so true and rational a basis as to command more than passing notice.
If
it were always possible for the children to have right standards given them, the results actually attained in after years would be so very different from ordinary experience as to contradict the popular expectation awakened; but it is sadly true that in youth, even in childhood, the acquirement of wealth and position is continually held before thought as the goal of endeavor.
A Distinct
impression conveyed by those who attended our recent Communion and Annual Meeting was that they were actuated by a deeply religious sentiment which was manifest on all occasions, yet the evident happiness of each individual comprising this great throng was so marked as to cause comment in the newspapers.
A REBUKE
for our narrowness of concept, our paucity of faith, and our meagerness of expectation of good, is often conveyed to us in the richness of Love's undeserved bestowals.
The
Communion, the Annual Meeting, and the great gathering at the home of our Leader are over, and as an experience, has passed into the religious history of the world.
It
is quite probable that the event of Communion week which appealed most strongly to those who are not Christian Scientists was the Wednesday evening meeting.
