That
the normal Christian life means steady growth, would appeal to most people as logical if not axiomatic; and if they were asked the meaning of growth, practically all would approve the saying that "the Christian man should grow as grows the tree.
In
the fourth chapter of Acts we read that after Peter and John had been released by the high priest and his kindred, and they and "their own company" had prayed, "they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
In
the prophecy of Zechariah we are told of a fountain which was to be opened, or revealed, "for sin and for uncleanness;" and in the book of Proverbs we find a statement which readily relates itself to the first,—"The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
In
the case of their young, as in other things, the robins are governed by that unacquired impulse and ability which we call instince, but they act very much as the wisdom of experience would impel human parents to act under kindred circumstances.
Long-time
familiarity with the sermonic feature of the customary religious service is likely to bring one a great surprise when he discovers, on first attending a Christian Science church, that personal preaching has been eliminated from the order of exercises.
In
our Wednesday evening meetings and in our periodicals many testimonies are given of the betterment of social and business conditions through the application of the rule of Christian Science to every problem that presents itself in human experience, and to the person who analyzes these testimonies it is very apparent that to the extent in which unselfishness and right desire prevail in the thought of the Christian Scientist, to that extent is a blessing received.