To
the holy men of ancient time the voice of God came in certain and audible messages, conveying wise admonitions for the guidance of the obedient among His chosen people, and equally strong rebuke and condemnation for the transgressor of His commands.
In
Christian Science God is referred to by different synonyms; and, probably, the one which appeals most strongly to the burdened heart of humanity is Love, the term used by the Apostle John when he said, "God is love," Who can fathom the depths of divine Love?
Many
centuries have passed since Paul addressed his epistle "to all that be in Rome;" and time has but accentuated the brilliance of his analysis of the unprofitable nature of the works of the flesh and of the life-giving power of Spirit, and the wisdom of his exhortations to holiness contained therein.
Few
chapters of the New Testament have been more carefully examined by Biblical scholars than the sixteenth chapter of Mark, which relates how Christ Jesus commanded his followers, among other duties, to carry far afield, even into all the world, the gospel of good tidings he had taught and so wonderfully exemplified.
When
the translators of the King James Version of our Bible gave us that portion of Paul's epistle contained in the thirteenth chapter of I Corinthians as an explication of charity, they accentuated a subject of which mortals can never afford to lose sight.