Editorial April 3, 1909 Issue

"THE LOVE OF GOD."

Archibald McLellan

In all the teachings of Jesus there is nothing more pronounced than his desire that men should love one another, even as they are beloved of God. John, the disciple so close to the Master, amplified this precept in the text, "If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?" Centuries before David (well-beloved) had said, "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!" and this expresses the ideal for all who follow Christ.

Mrs. Eddy has brought this truth home to Christian on page 7 of "No and Yes," in the words, "No personal considerations should allow any root of bitterness to spring up between Christian Scientists, nor cause any misapprehension as to the motives of others. We must love our enemies, and continue to do so unto the end. By the love of God we can cancel error in our own hearts, and blot it out of others."

In other words, there is nothing in the teachings of the Bible or the Christian Scientists text-book that should cause Christian Scientists to hold aloof from one another and to say, "I am of Paul; and I of Apollos," for the love that is of God is the dominant thought in both. One of the reasons for the marked progress of the Christian Science movement is that Mrs. Eddy's work has been uniformly with a view to keeping in force that harmony of purpose and unity of action which are in line with the demonstration of the divine Mind in human affairs.

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