In
some of the branch churches, especially at the time at which changes in officers are to be made, there often seems to be a great perplexity in regard to the eligibility of certain persons for certain offices.
To
see a great magnet gather the nails and other bits of metal out of the rubbish of a steel mill, is to witness a wonderful question-awakening phenomenon, and find an illuminating illustration of the selective drawing-power of the spiritually-minded, the men and women who, securely linked to God, are expressing that discriminating activity of divine Love which is no less considerate and judician than it is outreaching and irresistible.
About
every so often, we hear of an incident through which the pronouncement goes forth from some one in a representative capacity for some denomination, that the Christian Science church is not evangelical.
In
ancient times, as we read in the Scriptures, spiritual leaders were chosen from among the people to make known to them the divine purpose and power, and to inspire them with a desire to obey the divine will.
In
the Foreword to "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany," written in 1906, there are a number of significant declarations in regard to the establishment by Mrs.
All
through the Scriptures are admonitions to watchfulness, and nowhere do we find greater emphasis placed upon it than in the Master's own teachings, the nature of his warnings being twofold.
The
greatest possible contribution to the settlement of theological problems is found in the teaching of Christian Science that the rational and demonstrably true interpretation of the Scripture must in every instance begin with God, and that it must consent to no concepts which are out of harmony with His ideal and infinite nature.
With
most of us, especially those who are no longer children, Christmas is a retrospective season, and we are apt to compare the past with the present, possibly to indulge in vain regrets for the days that are gone, when perchance the good we then had was little appreciated.