Articles

The clock and the calendar are necessary for order in human affairs. It is likewise necessary, at times, to refer to what may have occurred many years ago or to what is likely to take place some time hence.

What marvelous spiritual good can be experienced in a single moment at the touch of divinity! According to the Scriptures, a woman pressed through a throng of people that surrounded the most Godlike man who ever lived, even Christ Jesus, and coming up behind him touched the hem of his garment. What must have been the feeling or sensation of that touch, and what were its effects? In a moment, even before the Master saw her, she who had been hopelessly ill for twelve years was instantly healed.

An airplane pilot who is cruising at a desired altitude must watch his instruments carefully to make certain that he is not losing height. One who is journeying Spiritward needs also to watch that he is not losing spiritual altitude.

There is not one of us who does not love the thought of resurrection. The glory and wonder of Christ Jesus' demonstration over death never fail to inspire every Christian, especially the student of Christian Science.

Following a fall on some icy steps and a painful injury to her spine, a woman worked faithfully for healing in accordance with her understanding of Christian Science, but with no apparent effect for several days. She courageously continued to go to her business during that period, but on returning home one evening felt that it would be impossible for her to go again without relief.

The writer paused before a long one story frame building in the course of erection. He had been told by a member of the local Church of Christ, Scientist, that it had outgrown its present quarters and a new building was being erected.

One meaning of the word birth is "beginning. " How stimulating is the thought of a new beginning, a fresh start! Each morning is a reminder of God's great gift of eternal freshness and newness.

All the uncertainties of existence stem from the mistaken mortal beliefs that God bestows both good and evil and that there is a power apart from Him. Habakkuk says of God ( 1:13 ), "Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity.

The works of Christ Jesus, so miraculous from the human standpoint, were the natural result of his understanding of God's allness, of God's unerring direction and control of the universe, including man. His perception of the perfection, the completeness, and the continuity of the Father's spiritual creation brought results which were as immediate as they were amazing.

Christian Science teaches that error is unreal and proves that its seeming reality is readily destroyed by the operation of divine Truth in the individual human thought. The alert student, therefore, will never neglect the salutary and liberating task of examining his thinking for whatever may be unlike God, in order that it may be seen and destroyed.