Agates
Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings, what need he elsewhere seek?), Uncertain and unsettled still remains,Deep versed i...
THE ONE GOOD
We read in Luke's Gospel (xviii. 19) that Jesus replied to the young man who asked him what he should do to inherit Eternal Life: "Why callest thou me Good? None is Good save one,—that is, God...
Agates
And every star has its own name and place Distinguished, and some special word is given For each to utter in the mystic song, Which is not found in speech of humankind,Which is not understood by h...
Agates
Yet act thy part, heroic heart! For only by the strong Are great and noble deeds achieved;No truth was ever yet believed That had not struggled long.J. T. TROWBRIDGE.Every promise of God is built...
Letters
WHAT IS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE?Dear Journal: You seem like such a dear friend, coming to see me every month, that if I could lift the burden of some poor mortal, or condemn some error in the flesh, I fe...
Agates
Assert thyself; rise up to thy full height; Resolve, and thou art free. But breathe the air Of mountains, and their unapproachable summitsWill lift thee to the level of themselves.LONGFELLOW.As al...
CHRIST THE VINE
"I am the True Vine," said our Lord, "and ye, My brethren, are the branches;" and that Vine, Then first uplifted in its place, and hung With its first purple grapes, since then...
Letters
MRS. GESTEFELD'S LECTURESDear Madam: I have just finished reading Mrs. Gestefeld's Christian Science Lectures, or Statements of Christian Science. As a constant reader of Science And Health, I reco...
Agates
In the hush of the Valley of Silence, I hear all the songs that I sing, And the music floats down the dim valley, Till each finds a word for a wing,— That to men, like the dove of the Deluge,The m...
THE SCARLET WOMAN
The womanhood of man and the manhood of woman are one and inseparable in Divine Love, Truth, and Life,— the father and mother of all created reality. Our Teacher has bearded the lion in his den, an...