Article December 13, 1919 Issue

"And there was light"

RUBY MAY SMALL

An engagement had taken a party to a town twenty miles distant from their home, and it became necessary to make the return automobile trip late at night through a storm. Overcoming a momentary desire to avoid the dark, tedious ride, one member of the party, a student of Christian Science, realized that, since "in him [God] we live, and move, and have our being," only blessings could abide with "those leaning on the sustaining infinite" (Science and Health, Pref., p. vii), and the blessings gained were abundant.

Swiftly, almost silently, the car sped on, responding to the least touch of the skillful driver. Conversation lagged, and the student found herself marveling at the quiet, confident attitude of the driver, and the power manifested by the engine, as the miles were rapidly and easily covered. Thought was directed to the road ahead. Little of it could be seen in the light from the car, and with a slight shrinking she tried to pierce the darkness to see what dangers might lurk in its folds, what obstacles might loom up in the pathway. With so little light, she thought, how could the driver be so sure and send the car on at such speed? Apparently even the road kept coming to an end, leaving only a great black chasm beyond. Of course knowledge of the truth prevented belief in the reality of these illusions, and she knew the driver was content to traverse each successive portion of the road as it was revealed by the light.

How like life's journey, she mused, was this ride through the dark and storm toward home; how typical of the progress of mortals out of the darkness of material thinking into the light of spiritual understanding. Just as the automobile driver knew the road stretched on ahead even to the journey's end, just as he knew the power to traverse it was right at hand, just as he knew the light needed for guidance would prove sufficient and that the understanding necessary to make use of these things was his, just so each student of Christian Science knows that he is supplied with all rightful equipment and is guided all the way. Provided with God's messengers, the Bible and the textbook of Christian Science, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, for lamps unto our feet, there should be no hesitancy in starting out on the spiritual journey. Knowing absolutely that all things are possible with God and that He makes "the rough places plain," continued progress in the right direction will in due time win full spiritual understanding and at-one-ment with the Father. Patience and faithfulness and accuracy in following the guides are requisite.

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