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?
Standing
in the presence of the pathetic ruins of the Parthenon, one is impressed with the splendor of its ideal, with the greatness of the people who conceived it and gave it such superb expression, and with the loss to all the world which was inflicted by a grossly stupid vandalism.
Whatever
its seeming hindrances and defeats, human history has proved beyond peradventure that truth demonstrated always survives and in the long run overcomes every resistance to its advance.
As the seasons follow each other with extremes of cold and heat, according to material evidence, a great many people still attribute these conditions to the inscrutable decrees of Providence, while others seek to account for them, though not very satisfactorily it must be confessed, from the standpoint of belief in material law.
In
the parable of the good Samaritan, whereby Jesus answered the lawyer's question as to whom he should regard as his neighbor, the great Teacher apparently sought to break down the narrow human sense which would limit one's benefactions to his family and more intimate acquaintances.
The
invention of the cinematograph has given the sense of sight an educational significance which leads one to recall the Master's saying that "the light of the body is the eye.
Christian Scientists
have become quite familiar with the argument that healing by spiritual means is not a vital element of religion ; indeed some people insist that it is wrong to attempt it, although it was practised by Christ Jesus and his apostles.
Those
who have been a long time in the way of Christian Science and are familiar with its teachings, count this privilege among their blessings ; but perhaps they do not always accept so readily its attendant obligation, namely, that as followers of the great Exemplar they are themselves to be wayshowers to the younger brethren, whose faltering steps must be sustained and guided until they too walk firmly the heavenly road.