Articles

The great Master, Christ Jesus, once took a little child and placing it beside him said, "Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great. " The disciples had been disputing among themselves who should be accounted the greatest; they were allowing themselves to be mesmerized by the aggressive suggestions of pride, jealousy, and self-aggrandizement, which certainly have no place in spiritualized thinking.

Many words of vital import to all humanity were spoken by the loved teacher, Christ Jesus, as he conversed with his devoted disciples. On one occasion he warned the disciples against hypocrisy, covetousness, and worldliness, and discoursed on the heavenly kingdom, awakening them to the perception of divine realities.

Through the ages men have been prone to rely upon their own individual efforts and initiative to meet difficult situations recurring in human experience. In fact, one accustomed with some success to facing these difficulties is referred to as a self-reliant person.

It becomes increasingly apparent to students of Christian Science that a clear recognition of true identity, as Science reveals it, is essential for spiritual growth. Christian Science reveals man as spiritual and perfect, as the son of God.

In the Gospel of Matthew it is recorded that one day Jesus was followed by two blind men who cried to him to have mercy on them. Not having been able to approach him, they did not hesitate to follow him into the house where he went.

Concerning the chapter "Recapitulation" in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy declares ( p. 465 ), "Absolute Christian Science pervades its statements, to elucidate scientific metaphysics.

In a world which most Christian people believe to have been created by a just and good God, it is anomalous that so many millions of its inhabitants should be in a constant state of lack—lack of health, lack of profitable employment, lack of adequate means for normal subsistence. Many there are who believe that God knows and permits these conditions, and that no one can be quite sure, while inhabiting this earth, of being immune from one or more of them.

Most of us are familiar with the sober, yet impressive description, given in the first three Gospels, of the Master's healing of the "man full of leprosy. " This man, because of the dread disease, was debarred from all social contact with his fellow beings and shunned by all.

One of the desires of the human heart is for a fuller, a more complete and abundant sense of life. This is a natural, righteous desire, and should have, must have, its rightful fulfillment.

Before we can build outwardly, we must build in thought, and with Mind's own materials. Our building begins where we are mentally; and we build rightly with our highest, holiest thoughts.