Article November 7, 1925 Issue

Let Us Rejoice

OLIVE SWIFT

Without a knowledge of Christian Science the gift of rejoicing can scarcely be understood in its true signification; for, much as men have longed to obey Paul's command to "rejoice evermore," they have been unable to do so fully until enlightened by Christian Science. This study, pouring the light of spiritual understanding into human consciousness, reveals the true nature of God and man, including the universe. The wonderful truth that God is Love and is infinite, that He is the only source of all that really exists, and that He supplies man with intelligence, goodness, peace, and happiness, lifts a heavy burden from the materially-laden consciousness; and the student can at once commence to rejoice in such a revelation.

The student understands as never before the meaning of the Master's words, "I can of mine own self do nothing," and he begins, just as a little child, to take his first steps to attempt to put into practice what he has learned, and to depend on God, divine Love, for the intelligence necessary to carry out his daily duties, for the courage needed to take the right course; and he rejoices more and more as he proves the uplifting and sustaining power of the one and only God. In such experiences the student is proving to some extent the allness of God, and learning to put on the spiritual armor wherewith to resist the attacks of impersonal evil, which every Scientist has to meet and master.

One of the greatest shields against error is joy. And why is this? Simply because joy is a quality of God, divine Love. Can we for one moment imagine divine Love to be joyless? It would cease to be Love were it to cease to express joy; and since man as God's image is forever expressing the qualities of God, he must naturally and spontaneously express joy.

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