Article February 21, 1901 Issue

The Inflow of Truth and Love

BY C. F. HACKETT.

Have you never noticed the stones and weeds on the seashore when the tide is out? But soon the tide commences to come in, so slowly as to be hardly noticeable. The waves flow in and out, but each time come a little higher and a little higher, and do not recede quite so far, until after some time the tide is in, and where the weeds and stones were is a beautiful expanse of water, glistening in the sunlight. When we first come into a knowledge of the Truth in Christian Science, because we long for something better and because material life does not satisfy, how hard and full of weeds our thought appears to be; in fact, it seems as though there were nothing but weeds; but the tide of Truth has commenced to flow into our lives. The flowing of the waves is like our daily experiences; some days we seem so clear and free, and at other times the claims of error try to cast us down; but if we cling to God. we rise higher, and the stones and weeds do not assert themselves so strongly. Whether the sea is stormy or calm, nothing can prevent this action of divine Principle in our lives, any more than storms at sea can prevent the tide from rising. As we progress, the thoughts of mortal mind give place to pure thoughts of Good. The tide of divine Love in human consciousness will never ebb, never go back to the old conditions, but flow on and on until "the knowledge of our God covers the earth, as the waters cover the sea."

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