Articles

THE desire for power is a God-given instinct. Man is a coworker with the infinite,—he is made for success in all good service; and this involves power.

IN listening to the music of a violin we are accustomed to think of the tones which greet the ear as emanating in some manner from the instrument. A slight knowledge of physics, however, shows that the sound is really in our consciousness instead of in the violin; that the part the instrument plays in producing the.

Once, when the subtle and tightening bonds of mortal thought seemed overpowering, and a supreme effort for freedom became necessary, there was presented the mental picture of Laocoon and his sons, and it appeared to be an exact expression of the prevailing conditions. All their dreadful writhing and struggling was depicted; all their twisting and turning; and there came a realization that they were endeavoring to use mere human will, and that their efforts were wholly futile because they were on the same plane as were the serpents.

ONE side of the street was given up to the huge factory building. On the other were pleasant homes that evidenced the occupancy of families of the comfortable middle class.

THE writer still remembers the eager expectancy with which he began to read "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," for the first time. During many years I had been puzzled by the conflict which appeared to exist between certain generally accepted religious doctrines and what seemed to be a more rational interpretation of being, and when I learned that there was a "Key to the Scriptures" to be had.

IT was a glorious summer day. The sky was softly blue and the fields and hillsides were white with daisies.

IT might almost seem, from the attention which Christian Scientists devote to the healing of sickness, that this work is indeed, as some believe, the sole object of their ministry; but Mrs. Eddy makes this distinct statement: "The emphatic purpose of Christian Science is the healing of sin" (Rudimental Divine Science, p.

STUDENTS of Mrs. Eddy's text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," will recall the passage in which she says that we must "rise into higher and holier consciousness" (p.

BUNYAN, in his incomparable allegory, presents his pilgrim as fleeing from the City of Destruction— from the materiality of mortal sense, from the baselessness of earthly pleasure, from the tyranny of evil, from the fear of death—and crying, "Life! life! eternal life!" And indeed these little words "life" and "death" stand for the heart-hunger and the perpetual fear of all the ages. Joy and sorrow, hope and despondency, happiness and misery, love and loneliness, are in their content and suggestion.

THE opportunity to choose the more excellent way in life comes at some time to every man. He may not know the precise moment; the opportunity may present itself more than once; he may nut be conscious when or where he makes the choice.