Article May 24, 1958 Issue

THE PERMANENCY OF INDIVIDUAL SELFHOOD

LOY ELIZABETH ANDERSON

The law of God is the law of Love, the force of good. It is this law, understood and demonstrated in Christian Science, which proves to the individual seeker the truth of permanent, eternal selfhood in God. A simple appeal to the law of divine Love brings response even as the appeal of the child brings unfailing response from a wise and loving parent.

The man that God knows, loves, and sustains is spiritual and eternal now. If man were not spiritual and permanently established in the Mind that is God, there could not have been a scientific discovery of this fact. If a thing is discoverable, it must exist in fact. If the spiritual universe, including individual spiritual man, did not exist as eternal and substantial to spiritual understanding, it would be absurd to announce a discovery of this fact. But the spiritual reality of all things is becoming acknowledged and understood in ever-increasing degree.

Man, as understood in Christian Science, is an individual, spiritual being dwelling in the universe of Mind, governed by the laws of God, Life, Truth, and Love. Far from being mystical, the understanding of this truth, even in a degree, brings a sense of buoyancy and freedom which impresses the entire being.

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