Article December 12, 1925 Issue

Peace

WINNIFRED B. HOWES

IN the Manual of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, we read (p. 41): "Daily Prayer. . . . It shall be the duty of every member of this Church to pray each day: 'Thy kingdom come;' let the reign of divine Truth, Life, and Love be established in me, and rule out of me all sin; and may Thy Word enrich the affections of all mankind, and govern them!"

At a time when the whole world is talking so much about peace, what better declaration for peace could be accepted by all Christian Scientists, in the endeavor to realize its meaning, than this Daily Prayer? The truth contained in this prayer, if realized, could not fail to bring about the longed-for personal and universal peace, "the peace of God, which passeth all understanding."

The Daily Prayer first brings out a sense of duty, of moral obligation on the part of every member of this church to pray each day, "Thy kingdom come." Webster defines "kingdom" as "the spiritual dominion of God; . . . the spiritual realm having God as its head." No human planning or willing can possibly bring about this kingdom; and all merely human effort must crumble and fall to the ground, carrying with it all hopes of a lasting peace.

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