EVERYBODY is constantly being called upon to make decisions. In the everyday affairs of life conclusions have to be reached time and again, and definite actions resolved upon. Very often the decisions are made upon comparatively trivial questions; but sometimes they have to be formed on issues of great moment. Children are early taught to reason correctly and to draw logical conclusions from facts presented to them; and this is part of their training for the great adventure of life, when they will be called upon to deal with situations of all kinds, simple and complex, to arrive at decisions thereon, and to form resolutions often of far-reaching importance, not to themselves alone, but to others also.
While the decisions that have to be made are frequently of a general nature, there is a class which bears almost wholly on the individual himself, and which is concerned with his spiritual progress. What is the position? Every man, woman, and child stands in need of further enlightenment to aid his progress Spiritward. Through the revelation of Christian Science many have begun to recognize the nature of spiritual man, as the image and likeness of God, but not one of them has yet attained "unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ." And because of this fact, there is the constant need to turn thought towards the great truths of spiritual being, to reason upon these truths, and to resolve on greater consecration to them.
It is a wise thing for the Christian Scientist diligently to define to himself, as clearly as he can, the purposes of his life. And does he not admit— readily admit—that its chief purpose is to know or understand God better? That God can be known, definitely and accurately known, Christian Science has shown him. And with his first glimpse of the nature of Deity, did not there come to him a great desire to know God better, for in the knowledge of God, he felt, lay the solution of life's problems? But what a task, he may have thought! Mrs. Eddy has written in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 3), "To understand God is the work of eternity, and demands absolute consecration of thought, energy, and desire." The very fact, however, of the task being so great should but serve as a spur to its attainment.
