Editorial July 22, 1922 Issue

Rest

Duncan Sinclair

When Christ Jesus said, "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest," surely he was referring to the sustaining and rest-giving power of the Christ, Truth. It was the mission of the Master to declare this truth to the world, the truth that should set mankind free from the heavy burdens of materiality. Then, as to-day, it was material sense that defrauded and lied, giving mankind all their problems. And the Savior's aim was directed to proving the power of God, the power of Love or divine Mind over false material sense, thereby bringing to all who have the desire the rest and peace for which they crave. Every one of the miracles—those wonders, to human sense—recorded of Jesus demonstrated that he, himself, reflected the power of Mind to overcome the so-called laws of matter or material sense.

It is common knowledge that one's mental condition largely determines one's power of endurance. If a person be happy and joyous, he will do far more and far better work than if he is unhappy and depressed. If he is allowing himself to be dominated by evil in any form,—be it appetite or passion,—he is assuredly sapping his strength in whatever task he may be engaged. There can be no question about this. Indeed, as is well known, it is one of the subtle methods of the so-called human mind to anger an opponent, or get him under the control of some form or other of sinful belief, in order to claim to have the advantage of him.

Christian Science, reasoning as it always does from the correct basis of the truth about God, teaches that since God is omnipotent and omniactive,—that is, all-powerful and all-active,—divine Mind's activity is unlimited. And there being no opposing power or opposing activity to God, there can never be any inharmony in the consciousness of God. Hence, although God is omniactive, He is also always at rest. Mrs. Eddy states the position very clearly when she writes in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 519): "God rests in action. Imparting has not impoverished, can never impoverish, the divine Mind. No exhaustion follows the action of this Mind, according to the apprehension of divine Science." And the sentence which follows reads, "The highest and sweetest rest, even from a human standpoint, is in holy work."

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