Articles

IT was soon found necessary in the Apostolic Church that there should be a division of labor; and that the Twelve might give themselves without distraction to prayer and the ministry of the word, seven of the brethren were set apart for the management of the business matters of the Church. Philip was one of these.

THE doctrine, which Stephen preached and for which he died, was carried into practice by Philip. The sacred narrative mentions two incidents in his career, each marking an onward stride in the free development of the church.

MEEKNESS is probably among the least popular of the virtues recommended by Jesus in his historic Sermon on the Mount. One reason for this may be that its true nature is little understood, or completely misunderstood.

IN her Message to The Mother Church for 1900 ( p. 9 ) Mary Baker Eddy said, "The twentieth century in the ebb and flow of thought will challenge the thinkers, speakers, and workers to do their best.

ALL , in reality, are talented. Christian Science discloses the fallacy of the common belief that some individuals have special talents while others have none.

EVERYONE desires an adequate supply to meet his needs. The false belief that poverty has any virtue is gradually disappearing as the world's thought becomes more permeated with the understanding that God, the loving Father, imparts all good to His creation.

MANY Bible students, through a literal interpretation of the text, "Give, and it shall be given unto you.

ONE of the many simple yet profound statements made by our Master, as recorded in the tenth chapter of the Gospel of Mark, reads, "Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. " Willingness to learn is one of the characteristics of a little child, one which Jesus may have had in thought when he made this declaration.

WHEN Malachi reproved the Israelites for their infidelity, their idolatry, and their neglect in keeping the ordinances and the commandments of God, he said: "Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. " The exhortation, "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house," indicates that the people were withholding in tithes, in offerings, and in obedience, and therefore were not receiving the blessings which God was ready to bestow upon them.

EVERY reasoning human being will admit that the need of the world today is and always has been true enlightenment. The desire to learn springs from this need and will continue until education is purged of materiality.