Editorial November 21, 1925 Issue

"No good is, but the good God bestows"

Editor

In all his thinking the student of Christian Science strives to keep in line with the truth of God's allness. God is infinite good, all-inclusive Spirit or Mind; and the student therefore acknowledges that every real quality of thought originates in God. It follows that he can declare that he possesses no truth of his own, and that all the good he has ever known and enjoyed, or will ever know and enjoy, is of God. Mrs. Eddy's words on page 275 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" state the position exactly: "No wisdom is wise but His wisdom; no truth is true, no love is lovely, no life is Life but the divine; no good is, but the good God bestows."

Christian Scientists are profoundly grateful for the understanding of God as the source of all good, which Christian Science has given them. And they are aware of, and rejoice in, the fact that others also, those who may not yet scientifically understand God as the Giver of all good, are giving thanks for the goodness with which their lives, their homes, and their country have been blessed. There is an instinctive appreciation of the power of good in the human heart. Although its operation may be undefined to them, men feel that what they call divine Providence is operative in their midst, overthrowing evil through the power of good. It is, moreover, certain that the religious Christian consciousness, in general, responds to the Psalmist's words, "Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing."

There is cause for rejoicing when the spirit of thanksgiving is in evidence anywhere. For what does it imply? The recognition of good. Gratitude is sure to be present where good is being recognized. But gratitude is never to be found in the thought which is selfish, in the thought which is hateful, revengeful, jealous, envious, unjust; never, indeed, to be found in the consciousness of any one who is indulging in sin. Such a one is blind to the influences of good. Mrs. Eddy writes (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 94), "I never knew a person who knowingly indulged evil, to be grateful; to understand me, or himself."

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