If, consciously or unconsciously, one is at work in a wrong direction, who will step forward and open his [25] eyes to see this error? He who _is_ a Christian Scientist, who has cast the beam out of his own eye, speaks plainly to the offender and tries to show his errors to him before letting another know it. Pitying friends took down from the cross the fainting [30] form of Jesus, and buried it out of their sight. His dis- ciples, who had not yet drunk of his cup, lost sight of [Page 213.] him; they could not behold his immortal being in the [1] form of Godlikeness. All that I have written, taught, or lived, that is good, flowed through cross-bearing, self-forgetfulness, and my faith in the right. Suffering or Science, or both, in the [5] proportion that their instructions are assimilated, will point the way, shorten the process, and consummate the joys of acquiescence in the methods of divine Love. The Scripture saith, “He that covereth his sins shall not pros- per.” No risk is so stupendous as to neglect opportuni- [10] ties which God giveth, and not to forewarn and forearm our fellow-mortals against the evil which, if seen, can be destroyed. May my friends and my enemies so profit by these waymarks, that what has chastened and illumined [15] another’s way may perfect their own lives by gentle benedictions. In every age, the pioneer reformer must pass through a baptism of fire. But the faithful adher- ents of Truth have gone on rejoicing. Christian Science gives a fearless wing and firm foundation. These are [20] its inspiring tones from the lips of our Master, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.” He is but “an hireling” who fleeth when he [25] seeth the wolf coming. Loyal Christian Scientists, be of good cheer: the night is far spent, the day dawns; God’s universal kingdom will appear, Love will reign in every heart, and _His_ will be done on earth as in heaven. [30] [Page 214.] “Put Up Thy Sword” While Jesus’ life was full of Love, and a demonstra- tion of Love, it appeared hate to the carnal mind, or mortal thought, of his time. He said, “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send [5] peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in- law. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own house- hold.” [10] This action of Jesus was stimulated by the same Love that closed—to the senses—that wondrous life, and that summed up its demonstration in the command, “Put up thy sword.” The very conflict his Truth brought, in accomplishing its purpose of Love, meant, all [15] the way through, “Put up thy sword;” but the sword must have been drawn before it could be returned into the scabbard.