The Apostle Paul, in his epistle to the Romans, states, "For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope." Throughout the centuries of Christian history, as through the greater part of the history of the early Jews, the Scriptures have ever been of wonderful import and of vital significance to every devout truth seeker. To him they contain the Word of God to man, and his earnest effort has always been to gain a clearer, better, and more comprehensive understanding of their real, practical teachings. During all these ages, prayers unnumbered have been offered to God, by multitudes of men and women, for the unfoldment of the Scriptures to their understanding, and in a measure these prayers have always been answered.
The great Teacher of mankind, Christ Jesus, said to his followers, "Search the scriptures for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me," and on another occasion, in speaking of this "me," he said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." It is evident, then, that the Scriptures teach what all are seeking, "the way, the truth, and the life," and we are bidden to search and find, with the promise, "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; ...For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth."
Our own revered Leader of this day, in her work "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," on page 109 refers to her discovery of the Science of Mind-healing and its application to human affairs, and in this statement she bears unequivocal testimony to the supreme value of the Bible. To-day the song of gratitude which springs from the lips of the joyful thousands healed of every manner of disease, through the loving ministration of Christian Science, is sincere, selfless, and triumphant, and in ever-repeated strains it tells of the new revelation of the spiritual teachings of the Scriptures as gained through the careful and systematic study of its text-book. Of old, Christ Jesus "opened ... the scriptures" to those, "slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken," and in this day the impersonal Comforter—Christian Science—is revealing again to the receptive, though still "slow," heart the marvelous glory and power of the Word of God.
