Articles

ONE of the most pathetic phases of human endeavor is found in the persistent search for God, and in spite of the fact that apparently most of the effort expended in this search has been fruitless, it is continued. Numerous philosophies and religions, with the avowed and sincere purpose of revealing God to man, have come into being, flourished and decayed.

IT is often and most truly remarked that one of the chief characteristics of Christian Science is its gradual unfoldment to human apprehension. When first presented to the earnest seeker after Truth, it appears to him as a newly formed rosebud, which gives only a faint outward promise of its marvelous possibilities.

FROM what we are able to gather concerning the earlier life of Jesus of Nazareth, it is evident that his all-absorbing purpose was to know God, to realize in the fullest sense man's relationship to "the Father. " By reason of his spiritual-mindedness he perceived that God is Spirit.

COMING up from the swamps, quicksands, and deserts of human belief, and starting on the inevitable journey toward the highlands of spiritual understanding, the student of Christian Science has much to learn aright. He certainly needs to understand the truth about God and man, and to know that his understanding of the truth established in consciousness by demonstrations of the Principle of Christian Science cannot be reversed.

MORTALS have a constant dread of what they call a hereafter. They are not sure of their prospects in "the world to come.

OF all the many English translations of the Bible, not one has ever succeeded in disputing the supremacy of the King James, commonly known as the authorized version. In it, truly, if it be permissible to employ a phrase which has become almost banal by repetition, is to be found the "well of English undefined.

AN inexperienced advocate sometimes makes the mistake of assuming a burden of proof which by the rules of logic and procedure should rest upon his opponent. Sometimes a new student of Christian Science makes a similar mistake.

" If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. " The authorized version of the New Testament quotes Jesus as saying this.

THE mortal sense of things is by its very nature limited and faulty, and those who accept its testimony live in a state of daily fear. It imposes burdens which are borne until the awakening to a right concept of God and man comes.

HISTORY and legend may dispute the claims of that heroic character, Joan of Arc, but literature, music, and art have found inspiration in her story. Led on by angelic summons and the visitation of a heavenly host, her courageous fidelity to her vision awakens thought to present hopeful endeavor.