Article December 23, 1922 Issue

Truth

ELLA ESSEX DONLAVY

"What is truth?" This was the question propounded by Pilate when Jesus was brought before him. Christian Science, as taught by Mrs. Eddy, is to-day answering this question by demonstration. Jesus said, "By their fruits ye shall know them;" and Christian Science is proving the truth of its teaching by its works. It is proving to the world that the truth understood and scientifically applied frees humanity from the bondage of poverty, sickness, and sin. It is also proving what Jesus meant when he said, "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." Those who have turned to this healing truth after all material means have failed, will testify to this fact. Thousands of happy hearts echo the words, "Christ hath rolled away the stone from the door of human hope and faith," as Mrs. Eddy says in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 45), and this truth has flooded their consciousness with the sunshine of joy and happiness. They are learning that it is not the activity of the physical organs (so called) but, primarily, the activity of good thoughts, the spiritual understanding of God, that produces health.

If we accept God's work as an accomplished fact, we can then begin to understand how man, God's idea, is the finished product. Since there is but one cause, there can be but one effect; if the cause is all good, the effect must likewise be good. We can thus see man as God's reflection, since God expresses Himself through His spiritual ideas. God's expression is changeless, forever expressing Life; and Life does not depend upon matter, the body, or material organization. Mrs. Eddy says on page 31 of Science and Health: "First in the list of Christian duties, he [Jesus] taught his followers the healing power of Truth and Love."

In our study of the Bible in the light of divine Science, we learn that Jesus always accepted God's work as an accomplished fact, and never doubted that right results would follow the divinely scientific application of this truth; hence his assurance when standing at the tomb of Lazarus. When he commanded Lazarus to come forth, he did not ask if God were willing this thing should come to pass; he knew God's will was good only, and he made his statements with this assurance. He recognized only God and His perfect idea. He knew that the real man was united to God; and since God could not experience death, neither could His perfect reflection or expression. Mrs. Eddy writes in Science and Health (p. 26), "Divine Truth, Life, and Love gave Jesus authority over sin, sickness, and death."

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