Article May 5, 1923 ISSUE

"Wholesome chastisements"

ALICE E. ROSE

On page 323 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy writes, "Through the wholesome chastisements of Love, we are helped onward in the march towards righteousness, peace, and purity, which are the landmarks of Science." The word "wholesome" is used three times in Science and Health; twice in conjunction with perception and understanding. The dictionary meaning of "wholesome" is, "Conducive to health, happiness, and prosperity." Thus, its use is appropriate in connection with the Christianly scientific understanding of divine Love.

The seeker for Truth accepts the chastisements of Love as wholesome. They strengthen understanding, and bring about greater mental activity and alertness. But the question arises, How can Love chastise, when God, divine Love, knows no error? The Bible states, "Love is the fulfilling of the law;" and we should be grateful that divine Love could not possibly reconcile Truth to error. In Genesis we read that the Lord God drove Adam and Eve out of Eden, because Truth and error were being believed to be equal in power. The way is straight and narrow in Christian Science. We none of us turn at once completely from error to Truth; and many of us still have to learn through apparent suffering how to keep in the way.

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