Articles

" MANY are the afflictions of the righteous," says the Scripture, "but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. " Yet so prone are mankind to look on the wrong side of things that, instead of rejoicing over the promise of God's deliverance, we too frequently spend the time bemoaning our troubles.

ON page 228 of Science and Health Mrs. Eddy states that "heredity is a prolific subject for mortal belief to pin theories upon; but if we learn that nothing is real but the right, we shall have no dangerous inheritances, and fleshly ills will disappear.

MIND is orderly in its action. The neophyte studies the Christian Science text-book, alive to the imperative demands of Truth, but sometimes he is blinded by a misguided enthusiasm over the new-found treasure and fails to observe Mrs.

WE are told by our Leader that "the spiritual reality is the scientific fact in all things" ( Science and Health, p. 207 ).

HISTORY prominently records the struggles of men and nations to secure and maintain independence, and it is interesting to note that the opinions as to what constitutes this treasured freedom are almost as numerous as have been the sanguinary conflicts arising therefrom. Usually associated with government, the statement that independence is measured by the extent of individual liberty assured without infringing on the rights of others, probably most nearly expresses the general understanding.

FROM his early study of the Christian Science text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, the earnest seeker for health and holiness learns that God does not create evil, disease, and death; hence that man does not please God by submitting to them.

IN defining the three stages of growth through which mortal mind must pass, Mrs. Eddy, in her article "The Way" ( Miscellaneous Writings, p.

IN her work, "The People's Idea of God," Mrs. Eddy says, "Periods and peoples are characterized by their highest or their lowest ideals, by their God and their devil.

THE Discoverer of Christian Science has said of its teaching, "It rests on fixed Principle and not upon the judgment of false sensation" ( Science and Health, p. 128 ).

MRS. EDDY says, "Simply count your enemy to be that which defiles, defaces, and dethrones the Christ-image that you should reflect" (Miscellaneous Writings, p.