Editorial April 12, 1913 Issue

OUR WORD OF TESTIMONY

John B. Willis

In the tenth and eleventh verses of the twelfth chapter of Revelation, St. John gives an epitome of the history of Christian illumination, of human struggle and of spiritual triumph, which is no less scientifically comprehensive than brief, and the more one studies it the more he is impressed with the statement of the revelator that this realization came to him as it were a voice out of heaven. In it he says that the saints have overcome "by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony;" that is, by the Christ life relived before men; and we can but remember that to this secret of worthiness and success Mrs. Eddy has directed our attention with forcefulness and frequency.

The expectations of the observing world, that our daily exhibit of character and conduct shall be uniquely faultless, are legitimately grounded in the exaltation of the ideal of life which we are constantly declaring to be practically demonstrable, and to disappoint these expectations becomes the offense which is referred to by St. Paul when he speaks of those who "hold the truth in unrighteousness," who "when they knew God" failed to glorify Him, and thus changed the truth of God into a lie.

The giving of testimony is very generally associated in the thought of Christian Scientists with the Wednesday evening meeting, and the significance of this opportunity to witness to our own demonstration of the practical value of Christian Science and to express our gratitude therefor, grows upon one as he remembers the number of those who thus gain the encouragement and spiritual uplift for which they have longed during many years of pitiful pain.

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