Toward
the close of Jesus' personal ministry he told his students that they need have no regrets because of his departure from their plane of experience, because the Father would send to them "another Comforter," who was to abide with them forever.
Life
brings many experiences that beget distrust and discouragement, and the peace and happiness of the average individual depend largely upon how well he has learned, in his thinking, to bring every event into right relations with some abiding fundamental of revealed truth, some aspect of the infinite good which is clearly defined and immovable in the embrace of his faith and understanding.
The
35th chapter of Isaiah is of peculiar interest to Christian Scientists, because it outlines so beautifully the results which must of necessity follow when divine Truth is clearly revealed and understood.
In
many of the testimonies given by Christian Scientists we find expressions of thankfulness for the overcoming of the sense of limitation and the incoming of a sense of supply from the infinite source of good.
A very
significant gathering has recently been held in Boston under the auspices of the "Laymen's Missionary Movement," and representing five of the religious denominations of this city.
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If
one were to look simply at the fact and make no investigation as to the how and wherefore of another's possessions, his conclusion would likely be that he who has abundant creature comforts, opportunities for travel and for the gratification of his educated tastes, has multiplied occasions for thanksgiving.