Article June 20, 1903 Issue

Gethsemane

J. E. FELLERS.

"Gethsemane . Patient woe; the human yielding to the divine; love meeting no response, but still remaining love" (Science and Health, p. 586).

Christian Scientists know the depth of meaning contained in this definition. How often, alone with their own suffering or by the bedside of loved ones, have the Scientists watched in "patient woe" until the night—that ominous symbol of death and doom—was lifted by the dawn and lost in the day. When working faithfully and with understanding; when denying the claims of personal sense and declaring the allness of God, and when holding steadfastly to Truth and Love, they have been conscious of "the human yielding to the divine."

As from to day they sought the health and happiness of others, who in many instances did not understand them; as they had their good work ridiculed and criticised, and yet were satisfied to "wait upon God," they learned that "love meeting no response, but still remaining love" is the highest standard of a Christian life, and the standard which all humanity must adopt at last.

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