Article December 6, 1941 Issue

Jesus Was a Good Carpenter

DOROTHY M. GIBSON

Our Master understood well the importance of being alone with God. Often he went apart from the clamor and tumult of crowds and communed with divine Love, then returned to the city and poured the healing of that Love upon the wounds of weary mortals.

One aspect of material thinking is that of bustling, strained activity. In noisy self-importance, mortal mind bombards the world's workers with many suggestions—lack of time, overwork, fatigue, fear, and the like. It points to the clock and says: "You must hurry! If you do not, you will not get anything done."

To one misled by such suggestions, the first glimpse of Christian Science is as a cool, fresh breath of heaven. Upon further study, the beginner realizes with joy that the real man boundlessly reflects God, infinite Life. Consequently, the erroneous sense of being, limited by the flight of minutes, days, and years, begins to disappear, fear drops away, and achievement is demonstrated far beyond that ever known before. All that seems necessary from a human standpoint is accomplished, and the student finds himself fresh and unwearied. Men cannot be hurried or fearful about their work if they consciously reflect God, for man is God's image and likeness.

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