The
beginning of a new year is generally the signal for men to brighten their viewpoints, to start afresh on life's journey, to look with new vision towards better and holier things.
The
Christian Scientist learns that the concept of time, that is, duration, pertains only to the material sense of creation; that it has no relation to God and His universe, which exist forever in what may be termed the spiritual now, entirely apart from the limitations of time.
IF
we were to consider all the wonderful spiritual qualities which made Christ Jesus what he was—what he is—to the world, few among us would say that his power to love was not the greatest of them all.
IN
that most appealing prayer which appears in the seventeenth chapter of John's Gospel, Christ Jesus besought the Father not only to glorify himself, that he in turn through his strict adherence to divine Principle might glorify God, but he also prayed for the sanctification and protection of his dearly beloved disciples, who had stood with him throughout the trying years of his ministry.
