Article April 8, 1916 Issue

Doing Our Own Work Well

WILLIS F. GROSS

In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy writes (p. 202), "The scientific unity which exists between God and man must be wrought out in life-practice, and God's will must be universally done;" also in "Retrospecion and Introspection" by the same author we read, "Each individual must fill his own niche in time and eternity" (p. 70). There is revealed in these interesting statements the divine Principle of all right doing and the motive which should inspire the activities of every loyal Christian Scientist. The greatest progress is the result, not simply of doing one's work, but of doing it in the best possible manner, and one can accomplish this only as he realizes that in doing his work well he is but. expressing the activity of divine Mind, and that of himself he can do nothing.

In the seventeenth chapter of Exodus there is a striking example of what can be accomplished when individuals are content to fill their own niche and support one another in doing the work that ministers to the good of all. The children of Israel had scarcely entered upon their long journey through the wilderness when the Amalekites not only threatened to rob them of their possessions but also made impossible further progress toward the realization of their hopes. It thus became apparent that they must stand and fight together. A common enemy threatened destruction, and no haphazard, intermittent effort would meet the situation. The advance must be orderly and with a definite purpose in view, or they would go down to defeat.

In the contest that followed, Joshua took command of the forces on the field while Moses stood on top of the hill with the rod of God in his hand. The rod was a reminder that all power belongs to God. "And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed." It was very necessary that Moses should be supported in his work, so we read that "Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun."

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