Article January 17, 1931 Issue

Salvation "Now"

MARGARET B. DANIELS

Unless "salvation" is clearly defined in thought as being the result of the understanding of the divine Mind or God, it is not spiritually understood and, for that reason, cannot be demonstrated. The title of Saviour was rightly given to Christ Jesus, but unless this title is taken as meaning divine Truth regenerating thought, its spiritual power and presence to save from sin, disease, and death will not be apprehended.

A dictionary definition of the word "salvation" reads in part as follows: "Deliverance; preservation from destruction or calamity. ... Liberation from bondage." This definition covers a wide range of human fears, including bondage to what is called luck and fate, to accidents and unforeseen dangers, as well as to sickness, sin, poverty, and death. Salvation from the constant fear of one thing or another is a step toward freedom, inasmuch as fear is at the bottom of practically all forms of inharmony. Fear of loss, lack, calamity, and destruction keeps mortal thought in such a turmoil that health and environment involuntarily become disordered. Fear of the past, of the present, and of the future can also add its quota of uncertainty and mental disturbance, with resultant loss of harmony.

But salvation from all terror lies in the eternal fact of God's allness, His ever-presence, His perfection, including His tenderest love and protection. It has been so commonly believed that one must expect suffering and struggle while on this earth that heaven and salvation have been thought of as pertaining to some future state. According to such a view, a state of health, harmony, and abundance might be indefinitely postponed. If it were necessary for so-called evil to be endured for a time, just where could one set a limit for it? If, on the other hand, God did not make evil, then evil can never be the will of divine Love for His children; hence, at no time should one accept or endure that which is not the creation or will of God. In order to be made practical, the presence of divine Love or God must be understood as insuring ever present and ever active salvation everywhere, meeting every need, excluding all so-called evil and disease, and bringing about complete right adjustment.

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