Men
in whatever walk of life and from earliest recorded history have recognized that their protection from danger and difficulty has depended largely upon their exercising watchfulness.
When
Jesus was about to make his third recorded demonstration in proof that life is deathless, he prefaced the words of authority with which he was to call Lazarus from the tomb with that prayer which has become so especially familiar and dear to all Christian Scientists.
An
inspiring example of the attitude of thankfulness to God in which Christ Jesus constantly abode is found in the story of the feeding of the multitude as recorded in the Gospel of Mark.
Persuasion
has often carried so much of self-will with it,—has often been so impregnated with the belief of personal desire and personal power,—that even its gentle use has sometimes been avoided when there is nothing which would have served a better purpose.
