Article February 19, 1921 Issue

The Omnipresence of God

L. MEARNS FRASER

One of the strongest safeguards against fear is the understanding of God's omnipresence. The psalmist has expressed many times the sense of comfort and security that attends this knowledge. In triumph he sings: "If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me."

Christian Scientists can echo David's words. If we are in great happiness, the sense of insecurity and fugitiveness that seems to accompany human joy is banished when we remember that the divine Mind is never farther from us at one time than at another, and that "in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore."

When we seem to be struggling in hell, when the sense of failure, of sin, of wasted opportunities and unfulfilled promise seems overflowing, and doubt and depression are besieging us, we can still turn resolutely away from the tumult of error, and claim, with persistence and calm assurance, the omnipresence of God. The nightmare of error vanishes as we become conscious of the only real presence. Sometimes when we are apparently far away from all other students of Christian Science, error tempts us with the thought that some trouble may arise that our own understanding is insufficient to meet. Then the knowledge of God's ever presence is a source of strength and courage; then we turn from the false mental suggestion with the fervent assurance that divine Love is ever with man, and that God knows no unconquerable problems. Nothing can harm us when we joyfully realize that we are alone with God, as one of our hymns has it, "amid the seeming shadows."

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