Articles

THE thought of ownership is still an unsolved problem with the majority of mankind. Most people desire to own something, but this desire is seldom satisfied.

DOUBT is never a good thing, for it tends to cripple action, and neither prevents us doing wrong nor aids us to perceive the right; for this reason it is a subtle enemy which should be attacked and overcome. In this connection it is interesting to note, in many of the Bible narratives, the various expressions of doubt uttered by mortal mind when confronted by spiritual truth; for we have all at times been assailed by doubt and, according to our understanding, we have either covered it up, nursed it until it became a full-grown conviction, or, best of all, destroyed it.

HOW many of us as Christian Scientists are really willing to have in our experience only what God supplies, to put away from us whatever does not come from Him? A seemingly endless accumulation of sins and fears and mistakes, of ambitions and vanities and animosities, of failures and losses and ill-gotten gains, of habits, of untrue ways of spending time, and of unrighteous direction of both thought and effort, —all this would fall from us could we accept just what God puts into our lives and refuse to let anything else enter. This would be heaven, man governed by divine Mind and by none other; a world saved and righted according to the rules of Christian living.

THROUGH her lucid explanations and the utilization of a special capitalization Mrs. Eddy has raised certain words to a higher level of signification, being used in many instances as synonyms for God; and the advantage of this is that we get to understand the divine nature better.

WHETHER we consciously acknowledge this power or not, it is generally admitted that There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will, and each, in the working out of his destiny, holds in view the possible disappointment of his plans, however well laid or satisfactorily formulated. Some call it accident, chance; others, a spiritual law, ever operative, which when understood and obeyed brings harmony, but when violated, results in inevitable discord and desturction.

A KNOWLEDGE of the teaching of Christian Science tremendously increases the incentive for overcoming wrong conditions, for it shows that instead of belonging to the universe as it exists in creative Mind, materiality is a transient phenomenon, a fictitious aspect which creation takes on when regarded from a standpoint which is out of unison with that of divine Mind. But, it will be asked, how is it possible to tell what the standpoint of divine Mind is? This is, indeed, out of the question so far as the determinations of material sense, "the carnal mind," or "mortal mind," as Mrs.

EVERY Old Testament narrative has its fruitful lessons. Take that of the tower of Babel.

THE name by which our religion is known, Christian Science, has been the subject of some unfavorable and unjust criticism on the part of people of other religious denominations. This unfavorable view of the name comes from various sources and is the result of various causes.

A PRIMARY teacher once said: "Whatever else children get in my schoolroom, happiness they must have. It is the divine right of a child to be happy.

DURING the years within the memory of those now living, there have been many persons who knew to a certainty, or thought they did, that there are material laws which not only govern matter, but men as well. They had no doubts; in consequence, they entertained a pitying contempt for those who believed contrariwise.