After
one has begun the study of Christian Science, one often finds, scattered here and there in the profusion of modern literature, sentences and phrases which seem to be in accord with the Principle of divine metaphysics.
Anatole France,
unburdening himself on the subject of the great war and its immediate effects, insists that the preponderating result is the disillusionment of Europe; he might have said of the world.
Though
the suppositional illusion called mortal mind remains throughout the ages the same in its antagonism to the allness of the divine Mind and idea, fortunately it never has had any real existence.
There
is no saying of Christ Jesus which has given more pause to humanity than the command, "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.
There
is a story of Lord Palmerston, which may or may not be apocryphal, to the effect that he once received a memorial from a certain number of his followers assuring him that they would support him in a case in which he was so obviously in the right.
In
the autumn when the public schools are beginning their sessions, it is well for parents, teachers, and pupils alike to answer for themselves anew the question as to what schooling is, It is not merely the learning of what are called facts.
The
world at large demands not only well reasoned explanations of the Principle of Christian Science but authentic testimony as to the practical efficacy of this Principle.
The
world has frequently been told, or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that it is perpetually assuring itself, that what it needs is real leadership.
