Editorial April 12, 1924 Issue

"Hold fast that which is good"

Duncan Sinclair

There is a great call for patience and steadfastness in the work of the Christian Scientist. Paul's words to the Thessalonians are ever like a voice in the ears of the student: "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." Every student of Christian Science has proved for himself or herself that Christian Science is what it claims to be,—the Science of the Christ, Truth, the knowledge of reality,—by demonstrating the power of spiritual understanding over the errors of material sense. Very frequently the study of Christian Science has been approached by the student in the hope of his being freed from disease or sin or, it may be, lack. And having obtained this freedom, he has learned something of the divine Principle of real being. Then, applying his knowledge to the problem confronting him, he has solved it. And this proof of the availability of Truth to heal gives him great encouragement to "hold fast that which is good."

Every healing in Christian Science results from spiritual understanding, from the knowledge of God, divine Mind. Christian Science reveals that there is but one Mind, and that this Mind is infinite, governing all that really exists. Individual man is God's creation, the reflection of the infinite All. Hence man is governed by divine Mind. Consequently, Mrs. Eddy admonished students of Christian Science in the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 393) in these words: "Be firm in your understanding that the divine Mind governs, and that in Science man reflects God's government." The temptation may be great at times to doubt God's government. When disease seems persistent and evil claims to be as powerful as, or more powerful than, good, one has to remain steadfast, affirming the truths of divine Science until the errors of material sense are overcome.

It is the aim of every Christian Scientist to make progress. And what does it mean to progress in Christian Science? It is to find one's thought becoming more spiritualized, to feel one's self gaining the mastery over the material senses and the so-called material body. There ought to be this progress. It is a sad commentary on one's understanding of Truth if he be found drifting along, the victim still of evil desires and material impulses. He may not even be holding fast to the good that once he knew! His position is serious, both as regards himself and those with whom he may be associated in the work of the Christian Science movement.

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