The
average Christian believer has no difficulty in recognizing that there can be no element of evil in that infinite good which men call God, though he often fails to perceive that the manifestation of Spirit with the asserted power of matter is equally incongruous and impossible under any divine order.
From
time to time Christian Scientists have been charged by critics of this denomination with being double-minded; that is, it is claimed that in their statements concerning themselves and their affairs, they make certain mental reservations in order that these statements shall coincide with an individual concept of what they term "absolute" Christian Science, rather than with the phenomena of sense perception with which they are dealing.
Religious
history has disclosed no more persistent mortal predisposition than that which leads men to center their interests upon some human sense or symbol of the truth, or some phenomenon of its unfoldment, and give this such emphasis in thought that in the end they quite pass by the truth itself.
In
Science and Health we read that "Moses advanced a nation to the worship of God in Spirit instead of matter, and illustrated the grand human capacities of being bestowed by immortal Mind".
On
the walls of the municipal building of a large city in Canada are some fine symbolic pictures, representing the arts and crafts, and one of these has for its title the words quoted above.
Long
ago the psalmist prayed, "Let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us," and when one thinks how flawless is the divine nature he realizes how ideal this "beauty of the Lord" must be.
Ever
since the organization of the board of lectureship, it has been the custom to publish in the Sentinel a list of the lectures which have been delivered by the members of this board.
The
truly Christian life may be defined as a continuity of right choices, the persistent reelection of the true, the beautiful, and the good to rule over us.
The
urgent need of Christian Scientists is to make practical use of the teachings of their text-book, Science and Health, and as a first step in this direction they should turn to page 410 of this book and read and ponder Mrs.
