Article September 25, 1902 Issue

"The Christian Warfare"

JOHN L. RENDALL

The warfare in which Christian Scientists are engaged is the constant endeavor to purify self and sense, and is the only warfare consistent with the highest ideals of Christianity, the warfare of which Paul speaks, "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

This warfare consists of the destruction in thought of every claim of evil; the exclusion of every erroneous concept; the annihilation of every false presentation, or claim of power, apart from God.

The battleground of this warfare is the individual consciousness in which "the rulers of the darkness of this world" contest with "spiritual understanding" against the introduction of Truth. The enemy rallies its forces; doubt, despair, despondency, reinforced by malice, hatred, revenge, oppose themselves in vain to the irresistible current of divine Love. "The sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God" cleaves its way onward and upward; "the breastplate of righteousness" turns aside every shaft of malice and hatred, and "the shield of faith" proves to be an effectual safeguard.

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