Editorial August 8, 1925 Issue

Undisturbed

Ella W. Hoag

There is perhaps nothing which the thoughtful portion of mankind has a greater longing to attain than the ability to remain undisturbed at all times, whatever the apparent circumstances. Wise men know that if they could but gain and maintain this important ability they would make tremendous strides towards that dominion over themselves and their affairs which they all so fervently desire. They recognize clearly that there is nothing much more detrimental to right thinking and right acting than a sense of confusion. With mental disturbance holding sway, little if any right activity can be carried on; while if calmness reigns, a great step has been taken towards the working out of any and every problem.

Paul reached the point where, in the very midst of bonds and afflictions, he could declare, "But none of these things move me." He could go on all undisturbed, even though to the human sense of things there appeared to be every reason for mental perplexity and disturbance. In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 306) our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy, has revealed the foundation stone upon which such confidence as Paul's may be laid. There she writes: "Undisturbed amid the jarring testimony of the material senses, Science, still enthroned, is unfolding to mortals the immutable, harmonious, divine Principle,—is unfolding Life and the universe, ever present and eternal." Thus did Mrs. Eddy show where all calmness lies,—in Science, where "the immutable, harmonious, divine Principle" is continually unfolding its ever present perfections. And right here is where Christian Scientists find they may rest securely and all undisturbed.

Even this security, however, demands demonstration; and it is very necessary that Christian Scientists realize always that they can gain the quietness reflected from Spirit only as they learn to understand and obey the behests of this Science. Only as they hold steadfastly all undisturbed to the rules of Christian Science, whatever the seeming, declaring the truths these rules reveal, can they emerge triumphantly from their difficulties.

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