Article September 7, 1912 Issue

Our critic's use of the familiar quotation "There is nothing...

W. G. Watkins—Neillsville, Wis.

Republican and Press

Our critic's use of the familiar quotation "There is nothing new under the sun" suggests the need of a correct viewpoint in order to discern its meaning. St. Paul said, "If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." Mrs. Eddy experienced what the apostly meant and has beautifully expressed it in the following language: "The divine hand led me into a new world of light and Life, a fresh universe—old to God, but new to His 'little one'" (Retrospection and Introspection, p. 27).

By reason of her noble aspirations and consistent efforts the truth was revealed to Mrs. Eddy and rendered practical to the world in the form of a definite idea of salvation. The race is advancing beyond a theoretical stage of trying to be content with human opinions, and is asking that mere words be replaced by a measuring up to the Master's imperishable standard, "By their fruits ye shall know them." The statement that "good people may become physically ill who have (apparently, at least) no corresponding disease, just as readily and sometimes more so, than the more sinful and evilly disposed" may be answered by the paragraph from Science and Health (p. 143): "You admit that mind influences the body somewhat, but you conclude that the stomach, blood, nerves, bones, etc., hold the preponderance of power. Controlled by this belief, you continue in the old routine. You lean on the inert and unintelligent, never discerning how this deprives you of the available superiority of divine Mind." We have the Scriptural assurance, "As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God."

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