Are you sure?
This bookmark will be removed from all folders and any saved notes will be permanently removed.
Promoting True Brotherhood
The exegesis of Genesis which Mrs. Eddy presents in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 541) contains the following: "Genesis iv. 8. Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him;" upon which she comments, "The erroneous belief that life, substance, and intelligence can be material ruptures the life and brotherhood of man at the very outset." Here our Leader sets before us the reason why the brotherhood of man has not been realized throughout the ages of human history. The belief that life rests upon a material foundation, is encompassed by matter, and is supported by it, has prevented the demonstration of true brotherhood,—that unity which, of a necessity, has a spiritual basis, because, in Truth, there is but one Father, in whom all men live and move and have their being.
No Christian would deny that an important obligation of his religion upon its adherents is the recognition of that spiritual unity termed the brotherhood of men. Christ Jesus' frequent reiteration of the great fact of the fatherhood of God has its necessary corollary in his doctrine of spiritual brotherhood. The same thought is inextricably woven into the fabric of Christian Science. The Father-Mother God is the sole creator of a perfect universe, infinite and eternal, in which all men are brethren, since all are ideas of the one Mind. The understanding that infinite Mind is All-in-all leaves no opportunity for the recognition, propagation, or promotion of any power other than the divine All, which could by any possibility operate as creator or founder of a competing kingdom.
Christ, the ideal Truth, which promotes good-will among men, also makes for the peace of nations, for international amity, and the progress of spiritual unfoldment among all mankind. Through invoking the Christ alone is advanced the general welfare, a purpose to which Christians the world over should be whole-heartedly devoted. Institutions, almost countless in number, which promote good-will among men, are praiseworthy in so far as they bring to mortals a better sense of unity, interdependence, selflessness, and the joy of serving one another. But, strange almost to the point of inexplicability is the situation between nations. In place of the brotherly love which is the cement of society, in the relations between nations extreme selfishness, jealousy, resentment, and, all too often, bitterness and hatred seem to exist, making them potential, if not active enemies. Notwithstanding that men of different races live peacefully together under the same flag, as citizens of one country, between the parent nations of the same races hatred and antagonism often exist.
Enjoy 1 free Sentinel article or audio program each month, including content from 1898 to today.
![](/mediafile/file/scans/SEN/SEN_1924_026_22/SEN_1924_026_22_0001_thumb_medium.jpg)
January 26, 1924 issue
View Issue-
Church Organization
BLISS KNAPP
-
Green Fields at Home
ELIZABETH WINN
-
The Growth of the Church
JOHN A. BARRON
-
On Practicing What We Have Learned
GEORGIA H. REYNOLDS
-
God's Law of Reward
BLYTHE KYSOR
-
On Letting Go
ALICE M. BRADLEY
-
The account in your issue of January 2 of the proceedings...
Clifford P. Smith, Committee on Publication for The Mother Church,
-
In your issue of November 2 a lecturer is quoted as...
Miss Ellen Graham, Committee on Publication for Lanarkshire, Scotland,
-
Christian Science contradicts a great many of the popular...
H. L. Standeven, Committee on Publication for the State of Oklahoma,
-
The Christian Scientist's medicine is the truth, which...
Harry L. Rhodes, Committee on Publication for the State of Kansas,
-
Christian Science is true Christianity, the Christianity...
Brigman C. Odom, Committee on Publication for the State of Texas,
-
Christian Science asserts and maintains the divinity of...
J. O. Thomson, Committee on Publication for Victoria, Australia,
-
Promoting True Brotherhood
Albert F. Gilmore
-
Forgiving and Forgetting
Ella W. Hoag
-
Harmony and Peace
Duncan Sinclair
-
The Lectures
with contributions from Mary E. Neugebauer, Henry Hinds Witchell, Henry Hardforth Tomlinson, Charles W. Curtis, Vernis Kaley Shuttleworth
-
With the hope that my testimony of what Christian Science...
Joseph K. Griffis
-
It is sixteen years since I commenced to reap the blessings...
Mary Edith Anderson
-
When I was about four years old, I began to suffer...
William Le Roy Nott
-
I wish to express my deep gratitude to our Father-Mother...
Ada M. Heldzingen
-
Among the many blessings which I have received through...
Bertha Pike Miller
-
All the health, happiness, and freedom from bondage...
Lula E. Loveall
-
I have never ceased to be thankful that Christian Science...
Norah G. Kruger
-
David of old sang in one of his psalms, "The Lord will...
John Lawrence Sinton
-
Because of the many healings and blessings received, I...
Samuel McGill Allen
-
Signs of the Times
with contributions from Th. Gunnarson, H. G. Wells, W. Stuart Booth, L. E. Tranter, Cameron