Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
Chapter 1: Prayer
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| 1 | He who is immutably right will do right without being | |
| reminded of His province. The wisdom of man is not | ||
| 3 | sufficient to warrant him in advising God. | |
| Who would stand before a blackboard, and pray the | ||
| principle of mathematics to solve the problem? The | ||
| 6 | rule is already established, and it is our | The spiritual |
| task to work out the solution. Shall we | ||
| ask the divine Principle of all goodness to do His own | ||
| 9 | work? His work is done, and we have only to avail | |
| ourselves of God's rule in order to receive His bless- | ||
| ing, which enables us to work out our own salvation. | ||
| 12 | The Divine Being must be reflected by man,--else | |
| man is not the image and likeness of the patient, | ||
| tender, and true, the One "altogether lovely;" but to | ||
| 15 | understand God is the work of eternity, and demands | |
| absolute consecration of thought, energy, and desire. | ||
| How empty are our conceptions of Deity! We admit | ||
| 18 | theoretically that God is good, omnipotent, omni- | |
| present, infinite, and then we try to give | Prayerful | |
| information to this infinite Mind. We plead | ||
| 21 | for unmerited pardon and for a liberal outpouring of | |
| benefactions. Are we really grateful for the good | ||
| already received? Then we shall avail ourselves of the | ||
| 24 | blessings we have, and thus be fitted to receive more. | |
| Gratitude is much more than a verbal expression of | ||
| thanks. Action expresses more gratitude than speech. | ||
| 27 | If we are ungrateful for Life, Truth, and Love, and | |
| yet return thanks to God for all blessings, we are in- | ||
| sincere and incur the sharp censure our Master pro- | ||
| 30 | nounces on hypocrites. In such a case, the only | |
| acceptable prayer is to put the finger on the lips and | ||
| remember our blessings. While the heart is far from |
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