Article August 5, 1944 Issue

"O dreamer, leave thy dreams"

ELMER F. MONTGOMERY

Who has not awakened from a bad dream and sighed with relief and gratitude to find it morning? The sun is shining and his heart is singing; he is glad to be alive on a sunny new day! At such times things seem almost too good to be true; but in Christian Science we learn that things can never be too good to be true, but must be wholly good to be true! Man is free to enjoy his birthright, the consciousness of immortality, the government of divine intelligence, the one Mind, God, wholly, completely good. The supposed substance of evil or belief in an evil mind, with the resultant dream of sin, sickness, and death, has no realm or reality, for the Bible declares that "God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him;... and God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good."

A serviceman, going overseas, was reading the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, the night his ship left harbor. The following lines on page 103 attracted his attention: "The maximum of good is the infinite God and His idea, the All-in-all. Evil is a suppositional lie." He was much comforted by this reminder that God is Love, and that His idea, man, is held safe in the Father's loving care. He also realized that many people had demonstrated the truth of the above statement; that prayers were unceasing for the safety of men in the armed forces of the United Nations, and that these prayers were a potent force for good.

That night the ship began to roll in heavy sea swells. Several heavy tractors for use in combat began to roll back and forth on the weather deck, and the fear was expressed that they might be lost overboard. The ship's crew, however, quickly secured the equipment, and later, when two barrels of gasoline spilled their contents over the two top decks, where gasoline and ammunition were stored, swift action averted danger. When a tank broke its chains, courage and resourcefulness were shown by the men in making it secure. Eventually the ship, loaded with men and all needed supplies, reached its destination safely. The men and equipment went into battle, and numberless instances of protection were recounted.

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