When
Wendell Phillips declared that "one on God's side is a majority," he enunciated a fundamental fact, a fact which most men would be only too happy to prove true.
Mortals
habitually look to the future for the fulfillment of their hopes and desires, postponing the gaining of perfection, if ever it is to be realized, usually to some far-distant day.
In
the light of the understanding of God which Christian Science gives, the words of John in his first epistle, "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear," are extraordinarily significant.
For
nearly two thousand years Christian people have desired to prove to the world that the babe born in Bethlehem of Judea brought to mankind the gospel of salvation.
At
the time of the birth of Jesus, as Luke relates, certain "shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night," "were sore afraid" as "the glory of the Lord shone round about them.
