One of the most attractive smells in the world is that of new bread. Can anyone resist a crisp, crusty loaf, freshly baked? How inviting to have such a loaf on our table each morning!
The Bible Lesson in the Christian Science Quarterly is a daily provision of a different sort. It is symbolic of the bread of Truth, like the biblical manna, fresh every morning, feeding and sustaining the children of God. This Lesson-Sermon, read at each Sunday service and studied during the preceding week by students of Christian Science, consists of selected passages from the Bible, and from Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. She writes, "In 1895 I ordained that the Bible, and 'Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,' the Christian Science textbook, be the pastor, on this planet, of all the churches of the Christian Science denomination." Miscellaneous Writings, pp. 382-383; She appointed the subjects of these lessons as vital to the progress of her followers and to the prosperity of the Church she had founded.
When we read or listen to the Lesson-Sermon, we are communing with God, renewing our understanding of the nature of God and man in His image. We are partaking in some measure of the bread of Truth and the wine of inspiration. This daily communion gives us the truths that meet our every need, whether the need is for physical healing, daily supply, or adjusted human relationships; it gives us the inspiration needed to solve church, business, national, and international problems.
