Few
Christian people would deny that divine Truth must of necessity be unfailing, and yet not many of these are ready to avail themselves of its infinite power and limitless provision for human need in all the varied exigencies of human experience, although the psalmist assures us that divine Truth "endureth to all generations.
When
Jesus assembled his disciples before the feast of the passover, when he "knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father," and after he had symbolized to them the humility of that love "which passeth all understanding" and had eaten his last supper with them, he preached a sermon second only in importance to the sermon on the mount.
There are not a few of those unacquainted with the teaching of Christian Science who are disposed to refer to its so-called "denials of fact" in terms designed to amuse their hearers.
Much
has been said about the unassumed air of happiness and prosperity which is distinctive of Christian Scientists, and while it is true that jocose critics have jeered at what they have been pleased to term "smug complacency," it is also true that these critics are in such a minority that their sayings are of little consequence.
Looking
ahead, one may see the mountain's top a long time before he sees the mountain, and though it may seem near and easily accessible, the experienced climber knows full well of the tortuous and ofttimes stony trail which must be gone over step by step before he can gain the summit.
The
epistle to the Hebrews is read with deep interest by students of Christian Science, who discern in its teachings an effort to lift thought above a theology expressed in forms and ceremonies, up to a vital religion which makes known "the power of an endless life.
In
the prophecy of Isaiah we read these beautiful words: "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Every
intelligent person has some sense of the significance of testimony to our asserted knowledge of the past, and to our judicial attitude toward men and movements to-day.
Many
of those who have since become Christian Scientists were much surprised when they first attended a Christian Science church service, to find there was neither personal preacher nor sermon, in the common acceptance of those terms.
The
second commandment is the subject of much study on the part of Christian Scientists who cannot accept any Scriptural teaching "in the oldness of the letter," to quote St.