THE office of Christian Science practitioner is a holy calling to which every student of this Science who feels suited to the work should aspire. The path leading to the fulfillment of this aspiration is open to all who approach its gate with humility and a deep desire to serve God by laboring in His wide harvest field.
Humility enables the student joyously to undertake the moral and spiritual preparation necessary for his discipleship; the desire to serve God aids in keeping his goal ever before him during the qualifying process.
Certain moral and spiritual awakening is necessary for any measure of success in demonstrating Christian Science; so the one who stands on the threshold of this more advanced path should not feel deterred by the divine demand for proper preparation. Rather, he should rejoice that this discipline is mandatory if the high standard of moral and spiritual integrity is to be maintained in the Cause whose mission is to take away the sins of the world. Without this standard there would be no healing; so its mission could fail.
