We
read in the gospels that when Jesus chose those who were to carry on the work of preaching and healing which he was about to inaugurate, they forsook all to follow him, and throughout the time he was with them we find him impressing upon them, again and again, the necessity for faithfulness in their high calling, even to that sorrowful rebuke to Peter, "Couldest not thou watch one hour?
There
was never a time, surely, when the world was in greater need than it is today of witnesses to the truth, those who in humble walks and ways make it convincingly appear to men; and whatever our own sense of delinquency, we may rejoice that consecrated Christian Scientists are bringing this about, and that every one of us may have a part in this great achievement for God.
In
the ninth chapter of John's gospel, which is truly a gospel in itself, containing as it does a statement of Principle and its idea, Truth and its demonstration, we find these words of the Master: "I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
It
is often asked by those who criticize Christian Science why so much space is given in Science and Health and in our periodicals to the subject of healing, and why this subject is referred to so frequently in our midweek meetings and in the conversation of Christian Scientists.
A thoughtful
reading of the ninety-first Psalm brings one a keener sense of the fitness of the union of truth and beauty, of the expression of the highest ideal in the highest art.
All
Christians are familiar with the petition in the Lord's Prayer which reads: "Give us this day our daily bread," the spiritual interpretation of which is as follows: "Give us grace for to-day; feed the famished affections".
There
are few who would question that self-denial is a Christian virtue, but not many see the importance of practising it constantly in order to be true followers of Christ Jesus.
