Articles

" IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

IN the light of Christian Science, one of the profoundest needs of mankind is correct religious education. Such education is based on the understanding that God is infinite and perfect Spirit, and that man and the universe are spiritual and perfect.

THE humility which is might is a spiritual quality through which one can maintain a clear sense of his relationship to God, and present consistent proof of that relationship. This quality is allied to simplicity, sincerity, peace, singleness of heart, directness of aim, and fidelity to the demands of divine Principle.

HOW eagerly have many beginners in the study of Christian Science gone forth to publish the good news of the promised Comforter's appearance on earth, apparently with but a single purpose—to glorify God! And yet some of us, after going through trying experiences, have awakened to see that at first we unconsciously held in thought a selfish desire to share in the glory which we were ostensibly so eager to bring to God, and that even the motive which prompted our efforts to lead others to the truth was not wholly an unselfish one. Cradled in a nest of fallacious human hopes, swayed by self-will, self-righteousness, and the pride of our intellectual acceptance of divine Science, we dreamed in pitiful self-conceited ignorance that we might be very useful in advancing the Cause of this new-old religion, that many would gladly receive its message when we presented it to them, and that this newly acquired knowledge might be used to further our poor personal plans.

THE student of Christian Science never scientifically works out a problem without his thought reaching out with increased gratitude to its revelator, Mary Baker Eddy. Each problem that we solve in Christian Science brings to us a clearer understanding of the unfailing law governing the universe and the fixed divine Principle by which this law is maintained.

IN a marginal reading of the fifteenth chapter of the book of Proverbs, we find the words "is made plain," in the sentence, "The way of the righteous is made plain," rendered "is raised up as a causey. " This word "causey" was the Old English form of the word "causeway," which in latter years has been more or less replaced by the word "pavement," meaning a path raised above the road or carriage way, a path set apart for the safety and security of pedestrians.

GLADDENED with the inspiration of Christian Science, a multitude of people redeemed from sin and suffering lift up their hearts in joyful gratitude for the heaven-born revelation which has come to mankind through Mary Baker Eddy. In grateful testimony they acknowledge that their healing by means of Christian Science has been accompanied by an awakened love for the Bible, and that the spiritual understanding of the Word of God is to them far more precious than even the physical healing.

THERE is an innate tendency of the human mind to do what it wants to do. and to resist anything it is compelled to do.

IT is a fundamental idea of all Christian teaching that the heavenly Father cares for His children— guides, protects, and sustains them. Without this essential doctrine, Christianity would lose its appeal; for men are not satisfied with theoretical teachings, even though they do appear reasonable and promise much in the future.

WHAT occasions we have for constant rejoicing, in view of the fact that Christian Science is a religion that not only designates how to receive, but how to share, those blessings "from above"! God's law of recompense is inevitable, demanding that each share in accordance with his spiritual light, growth, and achievement. This law of Love is beautifully expressed in the words of a familiar hymn: "For we must share, if we would keep That blessing from above: Ceasing to give, we cease to have, Such is the law of love.