Not
infrequently in times past heroic struggles for freedom have been attended by the sacrifice of thousands of lives and the loss of untold millions of property.
It
is not possible to overestimate the value of the spiritual unfoldings which come to us as we study the Scriptures in the light of Christian Science.
Be
they erudite or ignorant, good or bad, clever or commonplace, there is no diversity of opinion among men respecting the truth of Jesus' words when he said, "Blessed are the pure in heart;" the exaltation and the supreme desirability of such a consciousness admit of neither denial nor doubt.
The
hopelessness with which so many disease are invested by materia medica, the irresistible appeal of the idealism of Christ Jesus, and the unnumbered and unquestionable healings witnessed to in Christian Science,—all these are to-day impelling the suffering to seek for something better than pills and potions, and in response to their half-articulate longing, human sense has hastened to proffer so many mental panaceas that a great body of well-meaning people are utterly confused.
In
the third chapter of Acts we find a very beautiful promise in Peter's words, "the times of restitution of all things;" a promise which is linked to a kindred idea, viz.
Within
the past few days the world has been shocked by the calamity which has befallen the people of southern Italy, and the hearts and purses of the civilized world have opened in generous and loving response to the needs of the survivors of this greatest tragedy of its kind in modern history.