Article May 11, 1912 Issue

THE TRUTH ABOUT ERROR

HARRIETTE HILTON FISH

We read in the first chapter of Genesis that God created the earth and everything upon it, and that it was "very good." It stands to reason that a perfect God could have none but perfect ideas, and could make no mistakes in His work which would need rectifying. There is no record of any other creative power, hence everything must still be what it was originally—that is, good, perfect, like its divine creator.

What, then, is all the evil and discord which, according to our senses, surrounds us on every side? Logically, from the Bible record, everything that is, is good. Then if evil is real, it must be good. What a paradox, to think of good as evil! Since this is impossible, the only alternative is forced upon us, namely, that evil is unreal and that our senses bear false evidence. In Christian Science we prove this to be a fact. We thus see that throughout eternity the good is the only real. We cannot alter this fact, and there is no other power which can do so, for God, good, is the only power. All the evil which seems to exist in this world is merely the result of forget fulness of God, good, or lack of realization of His allness, and when we each let the light of Truth into our individual consciousness, the darkness of error must and will vanish into its native nothingness. The sooner we learn this fact, the better for us, for it is the only way in which lasting health, happiness, and holiness can be attained.

I have been much encouraged, at times when error seemed especially stubborn and slow in yielding to the truth, by acknowledging that it was myself who was at fault, and not the divine Principle of all harmony. I have invariably found, upon analysis, that, consciously or unconsciously (usually the latter), I have been making a reality of error and trying to bring Principle down to my erring thought. That, however, would be impossible, since infinite Spirit is unchangeable in its sphere of action. Spirit recognizes no error to agree with. Mrs. Eddy says, "Even Christ cannot reconcile Truth to error, for Truth and error are irreconcilable" (Science and Health, p. 19). To be in accord with divine Love and receive its endless benefits, we must raise our thought above the clouds of error into the radiant sunlight of Truth, and when we have done this we shall find that the error has disappeared.

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