Christian Science
transfigures the old sense of a world peopled with saints, sinners, and a host of intermediate types, and throws light on the human extremes of poverty and superfluity.
One
of the first things learned by a student of Christian Science is that matter has no sensation and no intelligence, that it is in fact inert, mindless.
The
Christian Scientist is assured that should a mortal find himself in the depths of misery or despair, or presented with a problem which baffles him, if he will but appeal to God understandingly, and in humility and sincerity, God will answer his prayer and deliver him.
Isaiah's
words come vividly to the thought of every genuine Christian Scientist: "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
In
the recurring celebrations of Christmas the thought of Christendom in general centers on the birth of the human Jesus, rather than on the appearing to human consciousness of the ever-present divine Christ.
