Articles

MARY BAKER EDDY truly was standing on the mount, listening with the ears of spiritual understanding and seeing with the eyes of spiritual discernment, when was revealed to her that transcendent vision of Church which she has embodied in the definition to be found on of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures": page 583 "Church. The structure of Truth and Love; whatever rests upon and proceeds from divine Principle.

FEW words in the English language are fraught with as deep import as is the word "tolerance. " Coming from the Latin tolero, signifying "I bear," this word both implies and expresses a meaning which it were well for every individual to understand and apply, practically and consistently.

It is not generally understood, even by many adherents of the Christian religion, that it was the purpose of Jesus' mission to provide a remedy for all evil, for the evil of disease and suffering as well as the evil of sin. Few to-day believe that it is God's will for any man to be in bondage to sin; but there are many who think that sickness, and even death, are often the manifestation of the divine will.

THE materialist claims that the world of matter, the only world he recognizes, originates in the atom or the electron. No one has ever seen an atom or an electron, even with the most powerful microscope; and yet the materialist accepts one or the other as the basis upon which to build his universe.

" AND all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. " This declaration was made by Jesus, following his demonstration in connection with the fig tree, to impress upon his disciples the fact that the testimony of the physical senses, on which they placed so much reliance, was not to be trusted, and that material existence, considered substantial from the human viewpoint, was merely a sham.

IN the face of world unrest and insecurity, this age is indeed blessed in having the complete explanation of the scientific method which Jesus used in his healing work, and concerning which he said: "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth.

PROBABLY no word is more generally misunderstood than the word "opportunity. " Webster defines opportunity as "a time or place favorable for executing a purpose.

On the hills of old Judea Shepherds first beheld the light Which foretold the Christ's appearing On that wondrous Christmas night. How their hearts did burn within them When the angels sang the words, Peace on earth; to all men blessing! And they straightway left their herds.

THROUGHOUT the centuries in which the Bible has been so miraculously preserved for mankind, it has been generally acknowledged that the purpose of the holy Book is to prove the power of righteousness. It was not, however, until Mrs.

HUMANITY has ever been seeking a savior. From the earliest times it has made an effort to effect its release from bondage and limitation.