Articles

The questions as to what one is, why he is here, and what his destiny is have probably come to everyone at some time or another. Job asked ( 7:17 ), "What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?" The Psalmist queried ( Ps.

In the general thought of the world today much energy is expended and much interest is expressed on the question of supply. Human needs are multitudinous.

An individual's ideals reflect what he believes to be spiritually true. He who admits the absolute perfection of God and man will hold to correspondingly high ideals; while he who is under the illusion that sin or evil is a part of God and His creation will incline toward less lovely ideals.

The Easter season brings a renewed emphasis on the cross of our Master and the crown of his glorious victory. The cross was not the zenith of Jesus' lifework.

No material sense of things could separate the Apostle Paul from the sweet presence of God, divine Love, and the consciousness of this presence helped him to express an ever deeper love for mankind. He said ( Rom.

"I look upon all the world as my parish," said John Wesley. In Psalms we read ( 40:9 ), "I have preached righteousness in the great congregation.

Fewer than sixty generations ago, no more than the span of thirty lifetimes, occurred an event in Bethlehem of Judea that revolutionized the thoughts of men. In terms of world history it covered but a fragment of time.

One of the great privileges every Christian Scientist has is that of becoming a member of The Mother Church. The qualifications required for this membership are indicated in the application forms, specimens of which may be found on pages 114 to 119 of the Manual of The Mother Church by Mary Baker Eddy.

In the first century of the Christian era, Christ Jesus cast out devils, healed the sick, and raised the dead in an unprecedented demonstration of God-given power and authority. Luke's Gospel records that the people said of him ( 4:36 ), "What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.

Individuals sometimes find themselves in a suspended, apathetic state of mind, waiting for something to happen. An understanding of God as Mind, divine Principle, Love, would arouse these individuals to see that right now all good is actually operating in their affairs and that the power of the Christ, Truth, is ever present in human consciousness.