Article February 27, 1960 Issue

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST AND WORLD AFFAIRS

G. WALLACE MEIER

With the advent of the telegraph and telephone, the automobile, radio, airplane, and television, in fairly rapid succession, to name a few of the media of communication and transportation, the individual should no longer consider himself an inhabitant of one country only, but, rather, a citizen of the world. His thoughts and actions have a direct effect on world activity and conditions.

In the Bible we read that as a man "thinketh in his heart, so is he" (Prov. 23:7). Mary Baker Eddy writes in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 484), "The physical universe expresses the conscious and unconscious thoughts of mortals." It follows that according to the good or bad thoughts which base one's beliefs and convictions, one influences world affairs.

One day a student of Christian Science felt that he had finished his daily metaphysical work for himself, for the world, and for the Cause of Christian Science when a question formed in his consciousness. The question was, "Have you ever thought of asking yourself how much you may have contributed to the present world confusion and chaos?" As he waited for the answer, he became aware that every mean thought, every cross word, and every unlovely act adds fuel to the fire already lighted with hatred, malice, or jealousy.

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