Articles

The precious monthly-messenger for March is received. The article, "Giving unto the Lord," is very helpful and practical.

"Sing O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains; for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. "— Isaiah 49: 13.

"Whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God," — 1 Cor. 10: 31.

If it may be so, I wish to add my mite to the inexhaustible testimony of Truth. When the Gospel was revealed to me by our text-book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, the Bible's storehouse of treasure was mine;available as power now here, freeing mortals from the bondage of sense.

In June last, having formed the acquaintance of Mr. T—, a Christian Scientist of this city, I asked him to undertake the case of a near and dear relative who had been suffering for some years from intermittent attacks of internal inflammation and serious complications threatening her life.

I Will relate a beautiful demonstration of the power of Truth over error. My son was presented with an alcohol engine on his sixteenth birthday and while testing the power of it, it exploded, covering his face with the burning fluid, the wick adhering to one cheek burning a hole in it; his sister, a year younger heard the explosion and rushed to him, then called to me to come at once that her brother was on fire.

In reading the history of the past one cannot but notice the constant struggle that has been going on in man for preeminence. This human weakness to excel and attain a position of preeminence seems to have existed in all ages.

When I read the words of our Mother in the February Journal saying she might never teach another class, a sense of keen disappointment came to me, for I, with many others. I suppose, had hoped for the privilege of her class teaching.

Twenty years ago there was widespread inquiry and anxiety, both in and out of the churches, as to the future of Christianity. Men's hearts were failing them because of the seeming inadequacy of Christian creeds and doctrines to meet the needs of mankind.

Did we but realize that all the knowledge of the world's schools will never enable us to judge between Good and evil, between right and wrong, and so "overcome evil with good," did we but understand that the supposed "wisdom of this world is foolishness with God," how gladly would we become childlike, and say with the Apostle: "I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. " ( Phil.