Article January 29, 1921 Issue

Open Thou Mine Eyes

KATE C. CLEVELAND

"Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light." Were ever words more alive than these at this present time when we see the people running here and there, to this place and that place, to this person and that person, searching for wisdom and understanding and finding only knowledge, which Mrs. Eddy defines on page 590 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" thus: "Knowledge. Evidence obtained from the five corporeal senses; mortality; beliefs and opinions; human theories, doctrines, hypotheses; that which is not divine and is the origin of sin, sickness, and death; the opposite of spiritual Truth and understanding."

We who have been doing this are like scattered sheep who hear the roar of, but cannot see the lion, and are suffering from its seeming power; whereas if we would arise, and go to our Father we should be able to get the spiritual truth and understanding and see what this roaring lion is which is walking up and down the earth trying to disrupt the harmony of being and bring disaster into the midst of home life, state life, and nation-wide affairs, and be able to place it where it belongs as nothingness. Thus as Mrs. Eddy says on page 196 of Science and Health: "'Fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell,' said Jesus. A careful study of this text shows that here the word soul means a false sense or material consciousness. The command was a warning to beware, not of Rome, Satan, nor of God, but of sin."

Do we, who call ourselves students of Christian Science, walk with God, or are we walking with a graven image which mortal mind tells us is a god, which, when seen in the light which Christ gives, is found to be a desire for worldly ease, comfort, wealth, and so forth? Can we ask ourselves honestly, in whatever work we are called upon to do, Am I doing this only for the glory of God? and hear the reply, Yes; or is there a voice whispering, No, you are doing it for self first? Let us lift up our eyes unto the Lord from whence cometh our strength and understanding, who will never lead us astray like lost sheep, but will be a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. Let us look to God as our source of all good; then shall we be blessed and able to bless our fellow man. Let us stand with Principle and not person, for it is only from Principle that we can receive light, and let us be obedient to Mrs. Eddy's wise counsel as little children, and rejoice that we have the commands of our Master and of our Leader to follow.

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