"Where
ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise," runs an old saying, and it was never more aptly illustrated than in the fear-producing wisdom which is the outcome of the preventive campaign of enlightenment that has been waged so vigorously the last few years under the guise of the public good.
In
looking over a western newspaper recently, a Christian Scientist came upon the heading "Christian Science Exposed," and instead of being disturbed thereby his discovery had a distinctly exhilarating effect.
All
superintendents and teachers in Christian Science Sunday schools are supposed to be thoroughly acquainted with the by-law in the Manual of The Mother Church which relates to the work of the Sunday school.
In
the opening verses of the fourteenth chapter of Mark's gospel is recorded an incident so striking in its simplicity of narrative and in the recognition accorded for the service rendered, that the lesson it is intended to convey cannot well be ignored.
A well-known
poet says that "faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers," a sentiment with which most thinkers would agree; and yet, sad to say, there is much more unfaith in human experience than faith.
All
who are interested in nothing the happy adjustment of means to an end cannot fail to be impressed as they look upon an up-to-date printing-press, a Jacquard loom, or any other of the thousand mechanical devices which figure so largely in modern so-called civilization.
While
it is unquestionably true that those who are seeking "first the kingdom of God" are assured and do attain the peace "which passeth all understanding," this plane of achievement does not by any means carry with it exemption from trials of their faith and even persecutions because of their faith.
The
history which in general belief has followed one of the episodes of the story related in the the third chapter of Genesis is a gigantic illustration of the truth of the proverb which saith, "Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!" So simple an incident as the fall of an apple within the visual angle of a great thinker is said to have resulted in the discovery of a law with which every earthly creature and thing has to do, and that every instant.
The
fourth chapter of John's gospel is much studied by Christian Scientists, because it presents in such definite terms the distinction made by Christ Jesus between spiritual reality and mortal belief.
