Articles

With the charm of Oriental imagery, in the eighth Psalm the poet of Israel lifts thought in praise to God, the creator of the universe and man. Impressed by the glory and sublimity of the heavens, with mounting thought he goes on to picture man.

No word falls more pleasantly upon human ears than the word "heaven. " The longing for heavenly harmony, although it may seldom be put into words, or even definitely acknowledged in thought, persists in every heart through all the changes and vicissitudes of the human scene.

In all her writings our Leader impresses upon us that the one thing needful, the one thing that is of vital importance for us all, is to gain the knowledge of God; and it is this knowledge which is the priceless gift of Christian Science to the world. Christian Science gives us certain synonyms for God which help us to understand better His infinite perfection, and "the marvellous unity of man with God," to quote from Mrs.

The conclusion that effect follows cause; that, as there can be no effect without a cause, there can be no cause without an effect, is universally accepted. The terms antecedent and consequent, noumenon and phenomenon, are but other phrases expressing the same sequential relationship.

The Codex of Ephraem, often designated by the letter "C," now rests in the National Library at Paris, though it may have come originally from Egypt. It is what is called a palimpsest, —a word which, by its derivation implies that which has been "wiped (or rubbed-out) again.

In St. Matthew's account of the feeding of the five thousand, we find not only a convincing proof of the omnipresence and ever-availability of infinite good, but also a valuable lesson concerning the alleged ability of the so-called material senses and their spurious evidence to blind us to the allness of God, good.

" And the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there. " Thus writes the prophet Ezekiel at the close of his prophecy of the establishment of God's temple on earth.

God's messages are for all people in all ages. The admonitions of Moses are just as applicable and as binding today as in his day.

There is a familiar story of a lamb caught in a thicket and struggling frantically for release, only to become more thoroughly entangled in the brambles. The shepherd came to the rescue, but stood quietly waiting until the lamb ceased his struggles, whereupon he stretched out his rod and drew it to safety.

Under the marginal heading "No healing in sin," Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, has written in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( pp. 369, 370 ), "No man is physically healed in wilful error or by it, any more than he is morally saved in or by sin;" and, "To be every whit whole, man must be better spiritually as well as physically.