Article May 20, 1922 Issue

"Children of light"

ROBERT STANLEY ROSS

Considering the standard of perfection which Mrs.

Eddy's teachings have raised for the gauging of human conduct, onlookers are sometimes critical because Christian Scientists fail to approach closer than they do to the Christ-ideal, as set forth in our Leader's textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures." Unfair as this attitude may appear to be, all of us should be willing to admit that Christian Scientists have less excuse than any other class of people for falling short of perfection in conduct. Mrs. Eddy has pointed out to them plainly how they may avoid the pitfalls of error. "For ye were sometimes darkness," wrote Paul to the Ephesians, "but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light."

In every Christian Science congregation there are those noble hearts, athirst for God, who long for a satisfying religion. To them, any promise it may hold of merely physical relief from sickness means comparatively little,—their desire is always for greater spiritual good. If our congregations were made up of these already sweet, cultured, spiritually inclined thinkers, many troublesome denominational discords would never arise. Error and discord can express themselves only so long as they find unlovely traits of character through which to work. In observing the effects of Christian Science on human minds and bodies, however, critics need to be reminded that this Science alone promises mankind a present way of escape from all its sorrows, sins, and sufferings. Consequently, the majority of those who turn to Christian Science, turn to it with hitherto unsolvable problems. Physical ailments may bow quickly to the application of the truth; but human character will yield to correction only after a prolonged struggle.

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