Article July 8, 1916 Issue

Continuity of Good

FLORIA A. MOCATTA

The law of continuity is the law of Spirit, which by reason of Spirit's ever-presence and perfection holds no suggestion of cessation or flaw. Human laws are the result of human opinions and are essentially fragmentary and spasmodic, being perpetuated or destroyed by the fluctuating tide of human thought. Mortals, ignorant of divine Principle, are at the mercy of these uncertain currents; for mortal concepts of good and evil entail the framing of illogical laws, imposed on a world in bondage to the mesmerism of belief in matter.

Here and there in the history of humanity occurs a revolt against these misconceived mandates which causes a holocaust of suffering, for human conception grasps imperfectly the calm continuity of Spirit, where any diminution of eternal good is unimaginable. But through the gradual revelation of God's allness the irregular and unreliable action of mortal law becomes apparent, and men turn to Truth, which alone enables them to shake off the slavery of false belief, in which, deeply rooted, is the habit of expecting a preponderance of evil in human experience. Job's utterance, "The thing which I greatly feared is come upon me," customarily expresses the mood of mortals, unless they are consciously governed by the knowledge of infinite good.

Though we may admit as an abstract proposition the everoperative power of Life, Truth, and Love, yet through inability practically to apply spiritual facts to the problem of our own lives, we submit sleepily to error's influence and suffer the consequences. Never for one instant does good falter in its "unlabored motion" (Science and Health, p. 455); never for a second can Spirit be less than perfect. Yet with what slow reluctance humanity accepts this fact! Continuity is the root law, the very foundation of preservation. Fear, however, seeks to hinder the knowledge of Love's omniscience, but fear will ultimately be cast out of human consciousness by Truth's irresistible propulsion.

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