Christendom
has come pretty generally to believe that only through the transformation of thought which reforms the sinful can the kingdom of heaven be entered.
When
Paul wrote, "To be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace," he indicated both the cause of all human misery and its cure.
In
proportion as it is utilized, God's law of infinite progression helps each one just where it finds him; helps him to rise above deficiencies in health and character; to conquer all kinds of limitation; to overcome the habit of criticizing which is apt to characterize self-opinionated youth, or the frailty which the so-called carnal mind would attach to advancing years.
No sign, perhaps, is more characteristic of our presentday civilization than the greatly increased attention given to the care of the body by civilized peoples in general.
Charles I. Ohrenstein
with contributions from The Christian Science Board of Directors
Beginning July 1, 1929, and for the coming year, the following members of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship will voluntarily withdraw from active service as lecturers, that they may engage exclusively in the healing work and practice of Christian Science:
Until
Christian Science revealed to humanity the scientific, enlightened mode of thinking, true and false thoughts were accepted without much discrimination.
The
references to the life, experience, and habits of the Master with which the four Gospels are replete stir the sentiments of love and veneration which constitute worship; and no custom of his, perhaps, makes stronger appeal than his habit of frequent prayer.
Examination
for membership in a Christian Science church is not merely to ascertain how much an applicant knows of Christian Science, but also to learn how greatly he desires to know more.
