Article July 30, 1927 Issue

"Out of the depths"

NELLIE E. PEASE

The plaint of the Psalmist, "Out of the depths have I cried unto thee," expresses quite generally the appeal of mortals to-day. The depths out of which mankind would be delivered may be classified as the effects of the myriad beliefs of mortals in some power or presence apart from God.

Though it may not have occurred to some of us in just this light, and though we may seem loath to admit it even when pointed out to us, yet are we not bound to recognize the truth contained in the sentence, "It is our ignorance of God, the divine Principle, which produces apparent discord, and the right understanding of Him restores harmony"? Our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, has given us this statement on page 390 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures." And she also declares (ibid., p. 228): "There is no power apart from God. Omnipotence has all-power, and to acknowledge any other power is to dishonor God."

Whether our difficulty appear to be that of sin, poverty, or disease, a step toward our deliverance from it is gained when we come to look upon it as an imposition rather than as a necessary part of our existence, and begin to understand that only in proportion to our fear of and belief in it as being real does it seem to hold sway over us. Through the study of Christian Science we are learning to recognize in these would-be tormentors of human experience the deceiving suggestions of the carnal mind, in contradistinction to the blessed ideas of Truth in regard to man; and step by step we shall find ourselves ascending out of the depths of ignorance, doubt, and unbelief into a clearer concept of God and of His "wonderful works to the children of men."

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