As the cautionary signal that heads the Christian Science Sentinel is "Watch," I take it as a good topic to write on. It is evident we cannot be too watchful of whatever is intrusted to our care. As servants of God each one of us has had a certain number of talents given us to use, of which, if they are put to as good use as they should be, we shall be able to render a correct account to the great Giver of all good, without fear. We may also have gained some interest to go with the principal, so that we may receive deservingly the "Well done, good and faithful servant."
As Christian Scientists, one of our first duties should be to love God (Good) above all else. Have I loved God enough to keep in mind that He is omnipresent, so that I have not been ashamed to go and come, to buy and sell, to give and take, to love and be loved, to be just in all things, as the faithful steward of a very loving, tender Lord? I fear I have not done all that, but that I have been partial in some things. To love Good doesn't seem to be the hardest thing, yet how very easy it is to mistake Good; how many things I do that at the time seem to be good, yet after a time that seeming is changed, and behold, that which I thought was good is found to be not good at all; yet I meant it to be good. Where is the fault in this instance? Because a thing I meant to be good has not turned out good, would it be right for me to stop doing good? No; I should keep on in the line of good and gain a lesson by experience.
Again, when at times we find our work does not progress we are apt to get discouraged. Why? Because we don't stand firm enough to be led by divine Principle. For instance, we go to work in the field of Christian Science healing, and, as is mostly the case find many, yes, very many, seeming obstacles in our way, amongst them, some hard cases to heal. The thought may come to some of us. We cannot heal that case, because it is of too long standing; or that we are not (as many say) strong enough for it, forgetting the very thing we should remember most, that the strength is from God, and that we have nothing more to do than to do our duty faithfully and let Truth heal the case. Or the thought may even come, to pass the case to some other Scientist who has had better success, and many other thoughts in that line, all of course dictated by error. The text-book of Christian Science tells us plainly the remedy for all such thoughts:—
