Article September 20, 1924 Issue

Finding God All

MARY ALEXIA CUSACK

Many and varied are the problems to be met in a human sense of life,—what seem to be meaningless experiences, unjust situations, complicated circumstances, hopeless tangles, expressing diverse aspects. Then the teachings of Christian Science illumine the consciousness and begin to unravel the web. We no longer beat the air but become students of exact Science, which teaches us how to bring every thought into subjection to Christ, that is, to base our thinking on divine Principle, so that thought is brought into conformity with God's law, reflecting thereby the divine harmony of good.

In learning to do this we find solutions reached when it is recognized, as Christian Science teaches, that both cause and remedy are mental. Hopelessly weary conditions will begin to straighten out, and endless contradictions, complex circumstances, and disappointing heartaches will yield to a right adjustment, as we recognize and adhere to the truth that God alone governs man. "Now this self-same God is our helper," we are told by Mrs. Eddy, in "Unity of Good" (pp. 3,4). "He pities us. He has mercy upon us, and guides every event of our careers." With this truth, a new and comforting viewpoint of life's problems is presented, for the battle is shown to be mental; and thought, trustful and joyous, attains a result never reached by self-pity, grumbling, and faultfinding.

This was illustrated to the writer in conversation one day with a woman who radiated joyful gratitude. Her story was a touching one. When but a young wife, her husband through an accident had become blind and helpless. She was confronted with the problem of earning the living for the family, which included three young children. Although this had been entirely unlooked for, it was successfully accomplished. She related it as a joyful experience, saying, "I was so happy I used to sing all day, to think I was capable of doing it." For twenty-five years she cared for her husband and said: "I have had such a happy life. I sing all day in gratitude in knowing I have been able to do it." Such a view of life is a psalm of praise to God and a benediction to men. It brings to thought the words of the sweet singer of Israel, "What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?" Is it not clear in all times of trial and stress that one is simply working out points in character? Another person might have related this story as a life of joyless hardship, darkened with care, weary, dull, bleak.

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