Article May 1, 1915 Issue

Peace

PETER S. JOHNSTON

Before taking up the study of Science and Health and reading the Bible in its light, the writer often wondered what this seeming life was all about. Nothing between the cradle, and the grave gave any definite knowledge of the why and wherefore of existence. Even the rush for material wealth, the incessant desire for pleasure, and the love of worldly things in general, seemed to lose their attractions sooner or later, and it was found that all is "vanity and vexation of spirit."

When attending the last services for a friend who had passed on, the familiar words came forcibly to mind, "Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust," and I found myself utterly at sea as to what constitutes eternal life. There came a time, however, several years ago, when a member of the family was very much in need of help, and Christian Science was recommended and tried, with the result that restoration to normal health soon followed. Some years later I began the study of Christian Science earnestly, and soon there came into my consciousness a peace greater and sweeter than any before experienced, and this peace was yet increased when the long-cherished belief was recalled that one could enter heaven by keeping out of hell. Now I am trying to prove Jesus' teaching—"This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent"—by daily practice.

On page 213 of Science and Health Mrs. Eddy says, "Mortal mind is the harp of many strings, discoursing either discord or harmony according as the hand, which sweeps over it, is human or divine." If the divine hand is allowed to sweep this harp, peace and harmony will be attained. If we permit ourselves, with all confidence and trust in the power of divine Love, to be led like little children away from the environments of this world, we begin to see, though faintly at first, the light of Truth, and we are reminded of the star which led the wise men of the East to the new-born Saviour. As we follow this light, leave the darkness, and press onward, we find that the mists are being dispelled and this new-old idea is appearing plainer, until we seem to be close to the fulfilment of St. John's prophecy as found in the twelfth chapter of Revelation,—the destruction of "the great dragon, ... that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan," by the daily application and practice of truth and love in word and deed, the sum total of harmonious thought.

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