Article October 15, 1927 Issue

True Brotherhood

HELEN FRIEND ROBINSON

MRS. EDDY, our beloved Leader, says in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (pp. 469, 470), "With one Father, even God, the whole family of man would be brethren; and with one Mind and that God, or good, the brotherhood of man would consist of Love and Truth, and have unity of Principle and spiritual power which constitute divine Science." Surely every sincere student of Christian Science desires above all else to be guided by these inspired instructions. As the faithful student advances, eventually he becomes convinced of the fact that not only are his own daily problems being solved thereby, but that also the whole structure of civilization and progress is founded upon man's relation to his Maker and the true brotherhood of man; and he strives daily so to live and demonstrate these truths of being that humanity may glimpse the light of Truth which illumines his pathway.

Among the manifold instructions in the Scriptures which unerringly point the way to the recognition of our true selfhood in God, and the consequent relationship to our brother-man, we find Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, including at once the simplest as well as the most profound lesson for accomplishing this result. If we look for and understand the full import of our Master's words, we discover that this sermon is replete with precepts and rules for our guidance and protection. Here we find that notable statement which has been termed the Golden Rule: "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them."

There is a question that all who call themselves Christian Scientists may well ask themselves every step of the way: If circumstances were reversed, would I really desire my brother to treat me as I have treated him? This is a severe test. But is it not the only criterion we should follow if we have an honest desire truly to love our brother and to accord to him the same rights and privileges which we claim for ourselves? In Christian Science, it is necessary to be honest with one's self; for thus only can we uncover and destroy the lurking evils of bigotry and self-righteousness, which otherwise might leave undreamed-of accumulations of evil in our thought, which if left unrebuked, might later prove too formidable to be overcome readily. Wherefore, should we not listen and watch vigilantly, that we yield not to the temptations which "so easily beset us"? It is much more simple to destroy error before than after it is committed.

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