NO one is too young a member or too ignorant to enjoy his share in the blessings of Christian Science, and no church member is too inexperienced to give his share toward the furtherance of the cause with which he has united, or to assist in the progressive working of his branch church organization. Young or new members are just as certainly a part of the whole membership as the old members, and the responsibilities of membership should not be left only to those who have assisted in the initial work of branch church building. To hide our reflection of divine intelligence and thereby rob our church of it is a phase of insincerity; to be silent when one has a gift of speech to offer is mock humility; to allow others to do the work because they are older or more used to it is apathy or indifference and will have but little reward compared with the consequent of unselfed endeavor toward universal progress.
A common argument is that it is not worth while voting against a certain thing because "it has always been so and is probably all right;" and again, "No one else wanted to know, so I did not ask." It is obvious that the mere fact that a thing has always been so does not necessarily constitute its rectitude or advisability under present and possibly altered conditions, and a thing which is regular and harmonious in one branch church may not be equally advisable in another. As we reflect Principle we truly govern ourselves, but just as we have not reached the absolute perfection of being in our physical demonstrations, so is it evident that there are degrees in our attainment of perfection in church government which admit of and sometimes cry out for improvement and alteration.
A member of a board, a member of a church, or a member of a committee is a part of that board, church, or committee, and be it a seventh or a twentieth or a hundredth it makes no difference in its actual oneness with the rest. The comfort of the home, the purity of the atmosphere in which we live, the suitability of the nourishment of which we partake, are material conditions in which we rightly strive to have perfection manifested.
