Article August 2, 1900 Issue

Abiding in Truth

BY EMILY BOWDEN SMITH.

Abide in me, and I in you.—John, 15:4.

These words have a new and far deeper meaning for us in Christian Science, and yet we see now that it is only their simple, literal meaning, that somehow we have always missed. They have always spoken, to those who wished to hear, of the constant presence of God, of protecting Love, and so have always brought some measure of help and comfort to those who felt they needed a help and strength outside of themselves. But the full extent of this help we were far from realizing, and only through the teachings of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker G. Eddy, has the world caught a glimpse of what that full consciousness can and must be, — consciousness that is "cognizant only of the things of God" (Science and Health, p. 172), and therefore cannot be cognizant of weakness, pain, or sorrow, any more than of sin. We have always looked upon ourselves as material personalities, with a life of our own, a life so imperfect, and so unlike God, that to "abide in" Him, or in Christ, seemed to be a beautiful figure of speech, an ideal to be longed for, but not to be reached in this world. At most, we have contented ourselves with trying to realize His presence with us, and in us; but our imperfections seemed to find no place in Him.

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