July Fourth
marked the anniversary of two great events, both of untold importance to mankind: one, the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence by the American Colonies, an event which gave to the cause of democracy a tremendous impetus; the other, the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the Christian Science denomination, having for its sacred purpose the setting free of all mankind from the mental salvery which from the beginning had characterized the experience of mortals.
There
is probably no place in all the activities of the Christian Science movement where there is a greater call for self-abnegation than in the business meetings of its branch churches.
The
history of the human race deals largely with mankind's struggle to establish and retain something of the rights with which, it is held, God has endowed man.
The
words of Christ Jesus to Nicodemus, "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit," seem to imply the existence of two kingdoms, the one spiritual, the other material.
