Article December 2, 1905 Issue

Abiding in Truth

ALBERT E. MILLER.

Jesus said, "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." No better definition of the modus of Christian Science can be given in so few words. It deals directly with consciousness, and shows the necessity for looking at the thought within if we would win health and freedom from the bondage of disease and sin.

In dealing with disease it is necessary for the Christian Science practitioner to know something of the patient's thought, because of the intimate connection between thought and the physical condition. It is true that God is all power and that in reality nothing can influence us to make us sick. It is, however, humanly believed that there are many things which cause sickness. Christian Science shows sickness to be the result of sin: and, furthermore, it defines sin as anything which manifests a belief in a power apart from God,—in other words, anything which violates in any particular the First Commandment. It is, therefore, required of each one of us that we carefully watch our thoughts and let nothing enter in which is in the slightest degree sinful. For instance, if we believe implicitly in God and in His protecting care, it follows that nothing can harm us, and as a result we find ourselves in the enjoyment of the fulness of health. If, however, we believe that mortal conditions can in any way affect or injure us, and if, instead of casting this belief out of our consciousness whenever it tries to assert itself we cultivate and entertain it, we finally discover that we are dwelling in "a kingdom divided against itself."

It is a startling yet true proposition, that no one can afford to believe that he has been injured by another. He cannot afford to believe that any part of God's creation could injure him, nor can he afford to believe that aught else has power to injure him. There is no choice in the matter. If one persists in holding to a thought of this kind, it finally reacts and may even produce the very condition, in human experience, which he fears. It therefore becomes necessary at all times to declare the truth, even if mortal sense insists that the declaration is inconsistent with facts. We should remember that no human hand can possibly withhold God's rich gifts from His children.

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