WHEN Christ Jesus told his disciples, "I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me" (John 12:32), he was giving them a profoundly significant explanation of how the multitudes had been drawn to him for comfort and healing. He uttered a truth which applied not only to himself but to every one of his followers and which can be demonstrated by every one of them. Today the Christian Scientist seeking to emulate the example of the Master and to apply the Christly teachings finds Jesus' statement of the utmost importance.
The Scientist soon learns in his work of applying the teachings of Christian Science that in order to lift another out of the depths of darkness and despair, he must rise spiritually above the dark clouds of materialistic thinking. Then he is able to help elevate his brother to higher levels of thought and life.
In Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy writes (p. 518): "God gives the lesser idea of Himself for a link to the greater, and in return, the higher always protects the lower. The rich in spirit help the poor in one grand brotherhood, all having the same Principle, or Father; and blessed is that man who seeth his brother's need and supplieth it, seeking his own in another's good."
