Mere
courtesy, what the world terms politeness, is an art which may be easily acquired by those who are willing to devote sufficient time to the observance of certain accepted forms and conventions for reputation's sake, but courtesy in its truest sense is that outward manifestation of kindliness and consideration for others which springs from an inward grace.
The
107th psalm presents in a remarkable way the struggles of mortals by land and sea in their efforts to escape from the bondage of sin, disease, and the dread of death.
It
may be only a characteristic consequent of a rapidly growing and prosperous people, or it may be the swing of the pendulum from one extreme to the other, but it seems to be quite generally conceded that the tendency of the present generation to look upon the fifth commandment as obsolete or out of date is one that may easily have serious consequences.
The
paralyzing and stultifying effects of fear are perhaps nowhere more plainly set forth than in the case of the third servant referred to in the parable of the talents.
We
of the northlands are again surrounded by reminders of that miracle of renaissance, that tidal reappearing of the infinitely varied manifestations of life, which may be so interpreted as to bring stimulus and spiritual uplift to thought as well as delight to the eye.
Christian Scientists
are sometimes asked why their church does not observe "times and seasons" in the way that a good many other churches do, as, for instance, the Sunday called Easter.
Every
now and then this question is put to the earnest seeker after Truth: Why, if Christian Science teaches that there is no death, do its followers pass through this experience?
