A Great artist has counseled his pupils that mastery is to be achieved "only as one learns to let go of himself," and whatever he may have meant by this, his words, when interpreted in Christian Science, become the statement of a most significant truth.
Mortals have always been very charitable toward their own failings, so much so that certain phases of error have been condoned and regarded as quite normal.
It is a very common thing with some well-meaning persons who have seen the healing of disease accomplished through the demonstration of Christian Science, to speak in a way which shows their appreciation of the marvelous change which has taken place in the health of the person who has been treated.
There
are few if any who in some moments of their lives would not give all they possess just to be surre of one thing,—to know that God is and that He cares for them.
The
decision recently rendered by the appellate division of the supreme court of New York, which has been so widely commented on by the press, simply lends emphasis to what has been going on in the legislatures of the different states during the years since Christian Science has come into prominence,—to speak plainly, since it has been regarded by a certain class of physicians as a competitor.
Who
of us does not stop ofttimes in the path or roadway, these days, to note with wondering interest the shapely little sand-piles which speak for the wonderful industry of the ants! All the day, and all the night, as we are told, they devote themselves to their work, with an energy that seems no less tireless than absorbing.
It
is scarcely possible for us to enter into the spirit of the beatitudes until we have pondered somewhat the experiences which preceded the giving forth of the Sermon on the Mount.
There
is a good deal of what the world calls human nature in the feeling which prompts Christian Scientists to look with great satisfaction upon the constantly increasing number of members of The Mother Church and of the branch churches in the larger cities.
There
are few if any outside of the teachings of Christian Science who are awake to the fact that the flesh and Spirit "are contrary the one to the other," as St.
