Truth is ever active, never static, nor can they be static who would follow it. Of all its followers it requires progress and advancement. With those who are loath to march, it is sometimes stern and compelling; but to the willing ones, those who cling not longingly or fearfully to sense and self, it is tender and solicitous, imparting strength, vision, and encouragement for each advancing step.
A Christian Scientist once desired with all his heart to give a testimony at a Wednesday evening meeting. Since early boyhood he had always been terrified at the thought of speaking in public, but now God had told him that he must put up with this no longer, he must go forward. Carefully he prepared a testimony. Then when his opportunity came he seemed unable to move from his seat. For several years more he prepared testimonies and strove in vain to give them.
Many times he prayed for guidance. He declared the truths which he had learned in Christian Science, namely, that man as the representation of the divine Mind, God, reflects the intelligence and ability to do every right thing without fear or limitation. Although he denied the argument of fear which said that he was not able to obey, and applied still more of what he knew of Christian Science to the problem, he was still afraid to give a testimony. Gradually there crept over him a feeling of despair and frustration.
