"OUR MODEL,
CHRIST"
From the February
1945 issue of The
Christian Science Journal
“A lovely and graceful statue stood in the park of a large city. It was the
likeness of a beautiful young woman. It represented her as being tidy and well
dressed. A ragged and uncombed little street urchin coming across the statue in
her play, stopped and gazed at it long and lovingly. Moved by a sudden impulse,
she went home and washed her face and combed her hair. Another day she stopped
again before the statue and admired it, and she received a new idea. Next day
her tattered clothes were washed and mended. Each time she looked at the statue
she found something in its beauties which she could adopt until she was a
transformed child.”
Emelie goes on
to say, “If a little child gazing at an inanimate statue could be so
transformed and refashioned, think of the transformation of life and character
which is possible through a daily consideration of the words and works of the
great Exemplar and Model, Christ Jesus.”
How true
that is.
As I continue with my reading of
our book We Knew Mary Baker Eddy, I am impressed that these wonderful
people have given us another example for living a Christly existence in the
person of Mary Baker Eddy. Also their own lives and their obedience to
their Leader and their love for her is a fine example for us. We
find that little by little, as with the little girl, erroneous concepts are
being eliminated from our consciousness.
Joyce Voysey
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