TWO students of Christian Science who undertook a vacation trip in an automobile, when but a short distance from their starting point found that something was wrong with the car they were driving. Turning into a garage, they were told that certain repairs were needed which would entail considerable expense and an ill-afforded delay. Uncertain what to do, they proceeded on their way rather thoughtfully, when into the consciousness of one there came a recollection of the signposts along the way which read, "Turn Right." Halting the car, this one advised that both give heed and turn to divine Mind for guidance.
A few moments of quiet contemplation of the truth about God and man. and the inseparable divine relation between God and man as taught in Christian Science, brought a solution of the problem by a certain possible adjustment of the machine, and also confidence in the adequacy of the expedient. Returning to the garage, they persuaded the mechanician in charge to carry this out, and the adjustment proved sufficient, not only for the entire trip, but for the remainder of the season's travel.
How often do students of Christian Science need to heed the signposts set up by our Leader's demonstration of the way, as found in the study of the Christian Science textbooks, in attendance upon church services, in subscribing to and reading the authorized periodical literature, and in prayerful study of the Church Manual, that they may not only turn right, but keep to the right! Do not these all point to divine Mind as the source of every right idea necessary for profitable procedure and our present and eternal well-being? But how many ride carelessly by these waymarks, and find in consequence that some cherished hope, some anticipated good, has to be abandoned; or perhaps the enjoyment of health and harmony is postponed because mortal mind's cumbersome machinery of material belief seems the only available, and yet quite impossible, means of adjustment at hand !
