Many
are the students of Christian Science who can testify without reservation that the spiritual light which Mary Baker Eddy has thrown upon the Scriptures has at least taken the sting from death: and is not this the first step in the complete vanquishment of the so-called "last enemy"?
One
of the hardest lessons for every mortal to learn is that he cannot think or act contrary to what is right, contrary to the absolute Principle which is God, and get away with it.
The
newcomer to Christian Science will soon discover in the Church Manual the beautiful prayer used by all Christian Scientists: "'Thy kingdom come;' let the reign of divine Truth, Life, and Love be established in me, and rule out of me all sin; and may Thy Word enrich the affections of all mankind, and govern them!".
The
Commissioner of the United States Patent Office in 1844 then said, "The advancement of the arts from year to year taxes our credulity, and seems to presage the arrival of that period when human improvement must end.
Thus begins a familiar hymn: and in these lines is voiced a universal yearning of the human heart for tidings of the coming of day, tidings of better, happier times for the sons of men.
In
"Alice in Wonderland" Lewis Carroll makes the Duchess say in a hoarse growl, "If everybody minded their own business, the world would go round a great deal faster than it does.
Equality
among men and nations, individuals and races, has been sought by mankind throughout the ages in many and varied ways, both violent and peaceful, more recently through legislation, arbitration, and distribution of wealth.
How the light of courage and spiritual uplift can flood our thinking when hope—gentle, radiant hope—is bidden to enter our mental homes and throw open the shutters! This hope is never forlorn, for it is first of all Christian, and thus ever consonant with the expectation of good.