Article December 31, 1927 Issue

The Lamb

LUCIA C. COULSON

One morning in February, while the writer was traveling in the south of England, the train came to a standstill in a valley near the South Downs. The rain had washed the meadows till they shone like emeralds, and in one of them was a flock of sheep; and gamboling beside its mother was a tiny lamb, the first of the season. Its fleece gleamed snowwhite in the pale February sun; and suddenly, to the writer, the scene took on a mental significance, and through the agency of Christian Science things were translated into thoughts.

The qualities represented by this little frisking creature stood out vividly—innocence, simplicity, harmless gayety, gentle fearlessness, and absolute trustfulness. As we watched it playing in the meadows, tearing up to a large cow and skipping round it, then returning obediently to follow its mother, it seemed as if all the endearing qualities of spring were manifested there—joy, hope, tender promise, newness of life. Simultaneously there came to thought the words from Revelation: "And, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion." "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing." "For he is Lord of lords, and King of kings;" and the illuminating statement in "Christian Healing" (p. 10) by Mary Baker Eddy: "The beast bowed before the Lamb."

This, then, is the model which has been given to humanity, this the symbol of that which rules and reigns in heaven—all that is harmless and inoffensive, meek and spontaneous, a consciousness void of offense or guile, pure and peaceful as the dawn. Beside this picture a mortal appears strangely sordid; for the lamb epitomizes the characteristics that are the exact opposite of those expressed by so-called mortal mind. In the presence of the lamblike consciousness criticism runs away, suspicion vanishes and is replaced by the Christlike quality which gives to the suspected one the benefit of the doubt. Intrigue and rivalry fall to the ground; and condemnation is silenced, for it has no affinity with guilelessness and harmless gayety, with pure simplicity and that freedom which is born of trustfulness.

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