Article May 19, 1917 Issue

Fulfilment

MYRA EMMONS

As the divine Mind necessarily contains the complete fulfilment of its purpose respecting the divine ideas, it is essential for the appearing of God's kingdom on earth that this fulfilment should come to each individual consciousness. Then, as Paul has said, each shall have "rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another." The glorious message of Christian Science to the world is that this individual at-one-ment with God can in no way interfere with that of any other idea of God. How different from the world's cruel dictum that some must be crushed to make way for others! Christian Science also teaches that nothing can prevent the fulfilment of man's true destiny, for, as Mrs. Eddy tells us, "divine Love cannot be deprived of its manifestation, or object" (Science and Health, p. 304).

The demand for this fulfilment is already in the divine Mind, and the supply is there. This demand forces us on, though sometimes to the human sense with mighty struggles. A series of pictures recently shown on a moving picture film appealed to a Christian Scientist as illustrating the thought of growth. The series showed processes of plant life from the sowing of the seed to the blooming of the flower. When a tiny seed which was to produce a dainty flower was put into the earth, the ground soon became agitated. Then the seed began to quiver and expand, and gently pushing the earth aside, its delicate shoots forced their way upward. Not so, however, with the acorn, whose struggles were curiously interesting to watch. It had to become an oak, and all the energy of its great future seemed to be concentrated in the embryo. With mighty heaving it fairly tore the earth asunder and struggled stupendously for the light. The outcome was to be in proportion to the effort.

In the human sense of life the yearning for the expression of man's identity, for recognition and fulfilment, causes the seeming struggle between the spiritual idea and the flesh. In ancient days this desire was typified by the prayer of the Hebrew women that they might bring forth sons, for thus did they interpret the divine command to multiply and replenish the earth. Christian Science beautifully translates this into a spiritual aspiration to reflect God, thus interpreting God's law that no idea of the divine Mind is or can be barren or fruitless. This interpretation makes plain the command voiced by Isaiah: "Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord."

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