When
Paul said, "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief," he was wise enough to be willing to view his human experience from the standpoint of the awful enormity of the belief in a supposed existence apart from and ungoverned by God, divine Mind.
If
Christian Science were doing nothing more than relieving the burden of anxiety which mortals feel with regard to the continuity of existence, it would deserve the gratitude of mankind.
Among
Christians, instances are not infrequent of self-examination to ascertain if one's conduct in certain events has been governed by the moral law, even though the statutory law would appear to have been satisfied with a somewhat lower standard.
The
Beatitudes, beautiful in the simplicity and dignity of their language, are among the most consolatory of the many gracious words spoken to mankind by him of whom it was said, "Never man spake like this man.
It
is scarcely extravagant to say that on every first day of January millions of men, women, and children voice the glad greeting of "Happy New Year!" Rarely, if ever, are these words uttered that they do not carry with them a sense of fresh hope, of courage, of joy.
Mankind
has ever been prone to measure duration by events, setting up definite milestones on the banks of the steadily flowing river of time, from which reckoning might be had both forward and backward.
How
familiar to the thought of the world has become the star of Bethlehem! What good it stands for; what blessings it promises! How mankind has come to love the account of the wise men on their journey! And then, there were the shepherds! In all the literature of the ages, nothing has stirred the heart of both youth and adult with holier feelings than has Luke's recounting of their vision.
When
a famous head master of the University School of London, no doubt in a spirit of jocularity, uttered his celebrated interrogatives and answers which, to many, have seemed so obvious as to be trite, "What is mind?
